1115 Sabauda

1115 Sabauda
Discovery[1]
Discovered by L. Volta
Discovery site Pino Torinese Obs.
Discovery date 13 December 1928
Designations
MPC designation 1115 Sabauda
Named after
House of Savoy (assumed)[2]
1928 XC · A906 YF
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 87.21 yr (31852 days)
Aphelion 3.6273 AU (542.64 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5751 AU (385.23 Gm)
3.1012 AU (463.93 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.16964
5.46 yr (1994.8 d)
346.44°
 10m 49.692s / day
Inclination 15.267°
71.715°
57.147°
Earth MOID 1.625 AU (243.1 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.71937 AU (257.214 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.146
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
34.41±0.9 km
6.75 h (0.281 d)
0.0711±0.004
9.7

    1115 Sabauda is a dark asteroid from the main-belt, about 69 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Luigi Volta on December 13, 1928, at Pino Torinese in Turin, Italy. It was independently discovered five days later by Josep Comas Solá at the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, Spain. Its provisional designation was 1928 XC. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.6 AU once every five and a half years (1,996 days). Its orbit is inclined by 15 degrees to the ecliptic and fairly eccentric (0.17). It has a relatively low geometric albedo of 0.07.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 6.72 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.02 magnitude.[3]

    The asteroid bears the Latin name of the former rulers of Italy, the House of Savoy (Sabauda, or Sapauda). It is also possible that it was named after the new established town of Sabauda in the Pontine Marshes, central Italy.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1115 Sabauda (1928 XC)" (2015-08-28 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1115) Sabauda. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 95. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.

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