1347 Patria

Patria

Discovery
Discovered by	G. Neujmin
Discovery site	Simeis
Discovery date	6 November 1931
Designations
MPC designation	1347
Named after	fatherland
Alternative names	1931 VW
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	117.45 yr (42898 days)
Aphelion	2.7472480 AU (410.98245 Gm)
Perihelion	2.3940552 AU (358.14556 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.570652 AU (384.5641 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0686971
Orbital period	4.12 yr (1505.4 d)
Mean anomaly	176.92216°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 20.878^s / day
Inclination	11.86884°
Longitude of ascending node	229.20895°
Argument of perihelion	201.89095°
Earth MOID	1.4092 AU (210.81 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.53798 AU (379.676 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.397
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	16.20±0.55 km
Rotation period	29.5 h (1.23 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0386±0.003
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.3

1347 Patria (1931 VW) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 6, 1931, by G. Neujmin at Simeis.

References

1. "1347 Patria (1931 VW)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

• Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1347 Patria
• 1347 Patria at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters