(323) Brucia
Asteroid (323) Brucia |
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Properties of the orbit animation | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt |
Asteroid family | Phocaea family |
Major semi-axis | 2,383 AU |
eccentricity | 0.300 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.667 AU - 3.099 AU |
Inclination of the plane of the orbit | 24.2 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 97.4 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 291.3 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | November 29, 2012 |
Sidereal orbital period | 3 a 248 d |
Average orbital velocity | 18.9 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 27.714 ± 0.300 km |
Albedo | 0.295 ± 0.046 km |
Rotation period | 9 h 28 min |
Absolute brightness | 9.73 mag |
Spectral class | S. |
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Explorer | Max Wolf |
Date of discovery | December 22, 1891 |
Another name | 1934 JC , A923 JA |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from the 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. |
(323) Brucia is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt discovered by Max Wolf on December 22, 1891 .
Brucia was the first asteroid to be discovered photographically. The celestial body was named in honor of Catherine Wolfe Bruce , a science patron and sponsor of the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory .
Brucia moves in an eccentric orbit around the Sun at a distance of 1.6649 ( perihelion ) to 3.1003 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 3.679 years . The orbit is strongly inclined towards the ecliptic at 24.2334 ° , the orbital eccentricity is 0.3012.
Brucia has a mean diameter of about 28 kilometers. The asteroid has a relatively bright, silicate surface with an albedo of 0.295. It rotates around its own axis in around 9 hours and 28 minutes.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Brucia: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (323) Brucia in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (323) Brucia in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).