568 Cheruskia

568 Cheruskia
Discovery
Discovered by Paul Götz
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 26 July 1905
Designations
1905 QS
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 109.28 yr (39913 d)
Aphelion 3.3652 AU (503.43 Gm)
Perihelion 2.3978 AU (358.71 Gm)
2.8815 AU (431.07 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.16787
4.89 yr (1786.6 d)
164.09°
0° 12m 5.4s / day
Inclination 18.392°
249.791°
174.386°
Earth MOID 1.4105 AU (211.01 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.96704 AU (294.265 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.198
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
 43.495±0.9 km
13.209 h (0.5504 d)[1][2]
0.0535±0.002
9.5

    568 Cheruskia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Paul Götz on July 26, 1905 from Heidelberg.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2008 gave a light curve with a period of 13.209 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.01 in magnitude. This is in disagreement with a previous study reported in 2000 that gave a period estimate of 14.654 hours.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "568 Cheruskia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Warner, Brian D. (January 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: 2008 May - September", The Minor Planet Bulletin 36 (1), pp. 7–13, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36....7W.

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