400 Ducrosa

400 Ducrosa

A three-dimensional model of 400 Ducrosa based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date 15 March 1895
Designations
1895 BU
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 121.08 yr (44225 d)
Aphelion 3.49063 AU (522.191 Gm)
Perihelion 2.76117 AU (413.065 Gm)
3.12590 AU (467.628 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11668
5.53 yr (2018.6 d)
16.84 km/s
294.184°
 10m 42.013s / day
Inclination 10.5354°
327.145°
238.468°
Earth MOID 1.7762 AU (265.72 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.59886 AU (239.186 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.178
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 33.66±1.6 km
Mass unknown
Mean density
unknown
Equatorial surface gravity
unknown
Equatorial escape velocity
unknown
6.87 h (0.286 d)[1]
6.87 ± 0.01 hours[2]
0.1423±0.014
Temperature unknown
unknown
10.5

    400 Ducrosa is a typical Main belt asteroid.

    It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 15, 1895 in Nice.

    Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a period of 6.87 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.62 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "400 Ducrosa (1895 BU)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Warner, Brian D. (2005), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - winter 2004-2005", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 32 (3), pp. 54–58, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...54W, retrieved 2013-02-03.

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