272 Antonia

272 Antonia

A three-dimensional model of 272 Antonia based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date 4 February 1888
Designations
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 97.35 yr (35557 d)
Aphelion 2.8529 AU (426.79 Gm)
Perihelion 2.70319 AU (404.391 Gm)
2.77805 AU (415.590 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.026945
4.63 yr (1691.2 d)
17.87 km/s
307.768°
 12m 46.296s / day
Inclination 4.4396°
37.408°
64.248°
Earth MOID 1.7221 AU (257.62 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.17411 AU (325.242 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.329
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 25.35±1.4 km
3.8548 h (0.16062 d)[1][2]
0.1443±0.017
10.7

    272 Antonia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on February 4, 1888 in Nice.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico gave a light curve with a short rotation period of 3.8548 ± 0.0001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.43 ± 0.04 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "272 Antonia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Pilcher, Frederick (September 2008), "Period Determinations for 26 Proserpina, 34 Circe 74 Galatea, 143 Adria, 272 Antonia, 419 Aurelia, and 557 Violetta", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 35 (3), pp. 135–138, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..135P.

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