368 Haidea
Haidea (minor planet designation: 368 Haidea) is a large asteroid residing in the asteroid belt.[1] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 19 May 1893 in Nice.
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 19 May 1893 |
| Designations | |
| (368) Haidea | |
| Pronunciation | |
| 1893 AB | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 110.46 yr (40344 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.6914 AU (552.23 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.4594 AU (367.92 Gm) |
| 3.0754 AU (460.07 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.20031 |
| 5.39 yr (1969.9 d) | |
| 270.180° | |
| 0° 10m 57.9s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.7935° |
| 226.340° | |
| 94.934° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 69.61±2.2 km |
| 9.823 h (0.4093 d) | |
| 0.0389±0.003 | |
| PD | |
| 9.93 | |
Its name meaning is not known; it may be taken from the opera Haydée or one of several fictional characters named Haidée. The Tagish Lake meteorite is believed to derive from 368 Haidea, due to its reflectance spectrum.[2]
References
- "368 Haidea (1893 AB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- Asteroids: Overview, Abstracts, and Bibliography. (2002:78). United States: Nova Science Publishers.
External links
- 368 Haidea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 368 Haidea at the JPL Small-Body Database
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