272 Antonia

272 Antonia

A three-dimensional model of 272 Antonia based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date February 4, 1888
Designations
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion 428.283 Gm (2.863 AU)
Perihelion 402.601 Gm (2.691 AU)
415.442 Gm (2.777 AU)
Eccentricity 0.031
1690.317 d (4.63 a)
17.87 km/s
129.788°
Inclination 4.444°
37.474°
68.162°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 25.0 km
3.8548[2] h
10.7

    272 Antonia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on February 4, 1888 in Nice.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico gave a light curve with a short rotation period of 3.8548 ± 0.0001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.43 ± 0.04 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "272 Antonia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
    2. 1 2 Pilcher, Frederick (September 2008), "Period Determinations for 26 Proserpina, 34 Circe 74 Galatea, 143 Adria, 272 Antonia, 419 Aurelia, and 557 Violetta", The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (3), pp. 135–138, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..135P.

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