(952) Caia
Asteroid (952) Caia |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.9828 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2505 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2358 AU - 3.7299 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.051 ° |
Sidereal period | 5,152 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.25 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 81.62 km |
Albedo | 0.055 |
Rotation period | 7.510 h |
Absolute brightness | 9.22 likes |
Spectral class | C. |
history | |
Explorer | G. N. Nikolayevich |
Date of discovery | October 27, 1916 |
Another name | 1916 S61, 1973 WH, A908 EB |
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(952) Caia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 October 1916 by the Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin in simeiz was discovered.
The asteroid is named after a character from the novel Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz .