(1000) Piazzia
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Asteroid (1000) Piazzia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1772 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2545 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3687 AU - 3.9858 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 20.549 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2068.58 days |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.71 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 47.78 ± 2.0 km |
| Albedo | 0.112 |
| Rotation period | 9.470 hours |
| Absolute brightness | 9.80 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | KW Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | August 12, 1923 |
| Another name | 1923 NZ, 1951 OB, 1967 ED |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1000) Piazzia is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt that was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on August 12, 1923 . The planetoid got its name in honor of Giuseppe Piazzi , the discoverer of the first asteroid (1) Ceres .
Piazzia moves at a distance of 2.3687 ( perihelion ) to 3.9858 ( aphelion ) astronomical units around the sun in around 5.66 years . The orbit is inclined 20.549 ° to the ecliptic , the orbit eccentricity is 0.2545.
Piazzia is about 30 miles in diameter and its albedo is estimated at 0.0935. The asteroid rotates on its own axis in 9.470 hours.