(648) Pippa
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Asteroid (648) Pippa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.206 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.194 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.584 AU - 3.828 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.8 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 291.3 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 177.7 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 4, 2011 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 271 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.5 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (68.3 ± 1.6) km |
| Albedo | 0.05 |
| Absolute brightness | 9.7 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | August Kopff |
| Date of discovery | September 11, 1907 |
| Another name | 1907 AE |
| 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. | |
(648) Pippa is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 11, 1907 by the German astronomer August Kopff in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the title character from Gerhart Hauptmann's fairytale drama Und Pippa tanzt! .