554 Peraga
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Paul Götz |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 8 January 1905 |
Designations | |
1905 PS | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 115.51 yr (42190 d) |
Aphelion | 2.7391 AU (409.76 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.0095 AU (300.62 Gm) |
2.3743 AU (355.19 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.15364 |
3.66 yr (1336.3 d) | |
215.70° | |
0° 16m 9.84s / day | |
Inclination | 2.9349° |
295.434° | |
127.356° | |
Earth MOID | 1.02266 AU (152.988 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.56683 AU (383.992 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.525 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius |
±2.05 47.935km[1] 48.23 ± 0.84 km[2] |
Mass | (6.59 ± 0.66) × 1017 kg[2] |
Mean density | 1.40 ± 0.15 g/cm3[2] |
13.7128 h (0.57137 d) | |
±0.005 0.0496 | |
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554 Peraga is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Paul Götz on January 8, 1905 from Heidelberg.
13-cm radar observations of this asteroid from the Arecibo Observatory between 1980 and 1985 were used to produce a diameter estimate of 101 km.[3]
References
- 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "554 Peraga", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 7 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
- ↑ Ostro, S. J.; et al. (August 1985), "Mainbelt asteroids - Dual-polarization radar observations", Science, 229 (4712), pp. 442–446, Bibcode:1985Sci...229..442O, doi:10.1126/science.229.4712.442, PMID 17738665.
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