303 Josephina

303 Josephina
Discovery
Discovered by	Elia Millosevich
Discovery date	February 12, 1891
Designations
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion	499.188 Gm (3.337 AU)
Perihelion	434.707 Gm (2.906 AU)
Semi-major axis	466.948 Gm (3.121 AU)
Eccentricity	0.069
Orbital period	2014.21 d (5.51 a)
Average orbital speed	16.86 km/s
Mean anomaly	324.8°
Inclination	6.878°
Longitude of ascending node	344.155°
Argument of perihelion	66.22°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	99.0 km
Mass	unknown
Mean density	unknown
Surface gravity	unknown
Escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	unknown
Albedo	unknown
Temperature	unknown
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.7

303 Josephina is a large Main belt asteroid.^[1] It was discovered by Elia Millosevich on February 12, 1891 in Rome. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was 306 Unitas.

Orbit diagram

References

↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

External links

303 Josephina at the JPL Small-Body Database

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