382 Dodona
Dodona (minor planet designation: 382 Dodona) is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 29 January 1894 in Nice. It is classified as an M-type asteroid.
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 29 January 1894 |
Designations | |
(382) Dodona | |
Pronunciation | /dəˈdoʊnə/[1] |
Named after | Dodona |
1894 AT | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 122.21 yr (44636 d) |
Aphelion | 3.6577 AU (547.18 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.58301 AU (386.413 Gm) |
3.1204 AU (466.81 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.17221 |
5.51 yr (2013.3 d) | |
6.32892° | |
0° 10m 43.716s / day | |
Inclination | 7.3928° |
313.511° | |
270.036° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 58.37±2.8 km[2] 58.37 km[3] |
4.113 h (0.1714 d) | |
0.1610±0.017[2] 0.161[3] | |
M | |
8.77[2][3] | |
Measurements of the thermal inertia of 115 Thyra give an estimated range of 15–150 J m−2 K−1 s−1/2, compared to 50 for lunar regolith and 400 for coarse sand in an atmosphere.[3]
References
- "Dodona". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
- "382 Dodona (1894 AT)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- Delbo', Marco; Tanga, Paolo (February 2009), "Thermal inertia of main belt asteroids smaller than 100 km from IRAS data", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 259–265, arXiv:0808.0869, Bibcode:2009P&SS...57..259D, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.015.
External links
- 382 Dodona at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 382 Dodona at the JPL Small-Body Database
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