363 Padua

Padua (minor planet designation: 363 Padua) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 17 March 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padua, near Venice, Italy.[4]

363 Padua
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date17 March 1893
Designations
(363) Padua
Pronunciation/ˈpædjuə/[1]
Named after
Padua
1893 S
Main belt (Lydia)
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc121.80 yr (44489 d)
Aphelion2.94211 AU (440.133 Gm)
Perihelion2.55710 AU (382.537 Gm)
2.74960 AU (411.334 Gm)
Eccentricity0.070012
4.56 yr (1665.3 d)
193.817°
0° 12m 58.219s / day
Inclination5.94381°
64.7678°
295.490°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions97 km
8.401 h (0.3500 d)
9.01,[2] 8.88[3]

    Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micrometre) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.[5]

    Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center.[6]

    References
    1. "Padua". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
      "Padua". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.
    2. Yeomans, Donald K., "363 Padua", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
    3. Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
    4. Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
    5. Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
    6. "Lightcurve Results". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2008.


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