327 Columbia

327 Columbia
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	March 22, 1892
Designations
Named after	Christopher Columbus
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion	441.483 Gm (2.951 AU)
Perihelion	389.143 Gm (2.601 AU)
Semi-major axis	415.313 Gm (2.776 AU)
Eccentricity	0.063
Orbital period	1689.528 d (4.63 a)
Average orbital speed	17.88 km/s
Mean anomaly	34.971°
Inclination	7.146°
Longitude of ascending node	354.914°
Argument of perihelion	309.465°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	36.0 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)	10.1

327 Columbia is a typical Main belt asteroid.^[1]

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 22, 1892 in Nice and named in honor of Christopher Columbus.

References

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

External links

327 Columbia at the JPL Small-Body Database

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