67 Asia
Asia (minor planet designation 67 Asia) is a large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by English astronomer N. R. Pogson on April 17, 1861, from the Madras Observatory. Pogson chose the name to refer both to Asia, a Titaness in Greek mythology, and to the continent of Asia, because the asteroid was the first to be discovered from that continent.[4]
67 Asia | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Norman Robert Pogson |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1861 |
| Designations | |
| (67) Asia | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪʃiə/[1] |
Named after | Asia and Asia |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 2.869 AU (429.2 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.973 AU (295.2 Gm) |
| 2.421 AU (362.2 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| 3.77 yr (1,376.048 d) | |
| 182.178° | |
| Inclination | 6.027° |
| 202.722° | |
| 2023-Dec-10 | |
| 106.301° | |
| Proper orbital elements | |
Proper mean motion | 0.26133 deg / yr |
Proper orbital period | 1377.56859 yr (503156.928 d) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 60.99 ± 2.41 km[2] |
| Mass | (1.03 ± 0.10) × 1018 kg[2] |
Mean density | 8.66 ± 1.32 g/cm3[2] |
| 15.89 hours | |
| 0.255 [3] | |
| S | |
| 8.28 | |
This object is orbiting the Sun with a period of 3.77 years, a semimajor axis of 2.421 AU, and an eccentricity of 0.185. It has a 2:1 commensurability with Mars, having an orbital period double that of the planet.[5] The orbital plane lies at an inclination of 6.0° to the plane of the ecliptic. This is a stony S-type asteroid with a cross-sectional size of 61 km,[2] Photometry from the Oakley Observatory during 2006 produced a lightcurve that indicated a sidereal rotation period of 15.90±0.02 with an amplitude of 0.26±0.04 in magnitude.[6]
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
- Asteroid Data Sets Archived 2009-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 22, ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
- Plastino, A. R.; Vucetich, H. (August 1992), "Resonant asteroids and the equivalence principle", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 262 (1): 321–325, Bibcode:1992A&A...262..321P
- Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory – October–November 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 34 (3): 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D, ISSN 1052-8091.