(443) Photographica

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Asteroid
(443) Photographica
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.215  AU
eccentricity 0.04
Perihelion - aphelion 2.126 AU - 2.304 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.2 °
Length of the ascending node 175.5 °
Argument of the periapsis 350.5 °
Time of passage of the perihelion May 18, 2011
Sidereal period 3 a 108 d
Mean orbital velocity 20.0 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 27 ± 1.6 km
Albedo 0.1918
Rotation period 19 h 48 min
Absolute brightness 10.28 mag
Spectral class S.
history
Explorer M. Wolf , A. Schwassmann
Date of discovery February 17, 1899
Another name 1899 EF, 1930 YG, 1930 YJ
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(443) Photographica is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on February 17, 1899 by the German astronomers Max Wolf and Arnold Schwassmann in Heidelberg.

The name of the asteroid alludes to the photographic technique that Max Wolf, one of the first astronomers, used intensively to find celestial bodies.

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