477 Italia

Italia

Discovery
Discovered by	Luigi Carnera
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	August 23, 1901
Designations
MPC designation	477
Named after	Italy
Alternative names	1901 GR; A905 UK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch January 4, 2010
Aphelion	2.8708173
Perihelion	1.9583793
Eccentricity	0.1889420
Orbital period	1370.4581304
Mean anomaly	314.04669
Inclination	5.28932
Longitude of ascending node	10.71857
Argument of perihelion	322.43576
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	22.51 km
Geometric albedo	0.2769
Spectral type	T/B
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.25

477 Italia (1901 GR) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered on August 23, 1901 by Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected in 2005 gave a provisional rotation period of 19.4189 hours and a brightness variation of about 0.2 in magnitude.^[2]

References

1. Yeomans, Donald K., "477 Italia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-25.
2. Buchheim, Robert K. (June 2006), "Photometry of asteroids 133 Cyrene, 454 Mathesis, 477 Italia, and 2264 Sabrina", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 33 (2), pp. 29–30, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...29B.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 477 Italia
• 477 Italia at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters