435 Ella

435 Ella

A three-dimensional model of 435 Ella based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by M. Wolf,
A. Schwassmann
Discovery date 11 September 1898
Designations
1898 DS
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 117.60 yr (42955 d)
Aphelion 2.8297 AU (423.32 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0688 AU (309.49 Gm)
2.4492 AU (366.40 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.15533
3.83 yr (1400.1 d)
19.03 km/s
265.450°
 15m 25.668s / day
Inclination 1.8168°
23.192°
333.682°
Earth MOID 1.06376 AU (159.136 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.59888 AU (388.787 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.479
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 41.49±1.5 km
4.623 h (0.1926 d)
0.0831±0.006
10.23

    435 Ella is a typical Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on September 11, 1898 in Heidelberg.

    Photometric observations during 1995 show a rotation period of 4.264 hours. 435 Ella is classified as a DCX-type asteroid.[2]

    References

    1. "435 Ella (1898 DS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. Piironen, J.; et al. (March 1998), "Physical studies of asteroids. XXXII. Rotation periods and UBVRI-colours for selected asteroids", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 128: 525–540, Bibcode:1998A&AS..128..525P, doi:10.1051/aas:1998393.

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