579 Sidonia

579 Sidonia
Discovery
Discovered by A. Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 3 November 1905
Designations
1905 SD
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 109.22 yr (39891 d)
Aphelion 3.2535 AU (486.72 Gm)
Perihelion 2.7680 AU (414.09 Gm)
3.0107 AU (450.39 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.080631
5.22 yr (1908.1 d)
161.100°
 11m 19.212s / day
Inclination 11.009°
82.737°
228.785°
Earth MOID 1.76671 AU (264.296 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.94112 AU (290.387 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.217
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
42.785±1.1 km
16.286 h (0.6786 d)
0.1748±0.009
8.07[2]
7.85[1]

    579 Sidonia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by the German astronomer August Kopff on November 3, 1905.

    This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "579 Sidonia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
    3. Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus, 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739Freely accessible, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.

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