(435) Ella

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Asteroid
(435) Ella
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2,449  AU
eccentricity 0.1548
Perihelion - aphelion 2.070 AU - 2.828 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.82 °
Length of the ascending node 23.3 °
Argument of the periapsis 332.9 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 28, 2009
Sidereal period 3 a 304 d
Mean orbital velocity 18.9 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 41.5 ± 1.5 km
Albedo 0.08
Rotation period 4.6 h
Absolute brightness 10.2 mag
history
Explorer M. Wolf , A. Schwassmann
Date of discovery September 11, 1898
Another name 1898 DS, 1947 KE
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(435) Ella is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 September 1898 by the German astronomer Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann in Heidelberg was discovered. The approximately 40 kilometer large object orbits the sun on an eccentric (e = 0.16) orbit inclined by almost two degrees against the ecliptic in 3.86 years.

The origin of the name is not known.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. SuW 10.2017 p. 60