488 Kreusa

Kreusa

Discovery[1]
Discovered by	Max Wolf Luigi Carnera
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	June 26, 1902
Designations
Alternative names	1902 JG, 1947 KH, 1977 YD, A901 CA, A905 XA[1]
Minor planet category	Asteroid belt
Orbital characteristics[1][2]
Epoch March 14, 2012 (JD 2456000.5)
Aphelion	3.6829 AU
Perihelion	2.6642 AU
Semi-major axis	3.1735 AU
Eccentricity	0.16049593
Orbital period	5.65361270 a (2064.98204 d)
Mean anomaly	278.99395°
Inclination	11.511077°
Longitude of ascending node	84.26241°
Argument of perihelion	70.46479°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	150±6 km[1] 162.32 ± 9.54[3] km
Mass	(2.48 ± 1.14) × 10^18 kg[3]
Mean density	1.10 ± 0.54[3] g/cm^3
Rotation period	32.666[1]
Albedo	0.0589±0.005[1]
Spectral type	C (Tholen)[1] B−V=0.691±0.06[1] U−B=0.368±0.030[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)	7.81[1]

488 Kreusa is an asteroid orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt.

In 2002, Kreusa was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.67 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 150±21 km.^[4]

References

1. JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 488 Kreusa Retrieved 2012-01-03
2. AstDys-2 on (488) Kreusa Retrieved 2012-01-03
3. Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009.See Table 1.
4. Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 2015-04-14.

External links

• 488 Kreusa at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters