579 Sidonia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 3 November 1905 |
| Designations | |
| 1905 SD | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.22 yr (39891 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2535 AU (486.72 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7680 AU (414.09 Gm) |
| 3.0107 AU (450.39 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.080631 |
| 5.22 yr (1908.1 d) | |
| 161.100° | |
| 0° 11m 19.212s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.009° |
| 82.737° | |
| 228.785° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.76671 AU (264.296 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.94112 AU (290.387 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.217 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 42.785±1.1 km |
| 16.286 h (0.6786 d) | |
| 0.1748±0.009 | |
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8.07[2] 7.85[1] | |
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579 Sidonia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by the German astronomer August Kopff on November 3, 1905.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]
References
- 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "579 Sidonia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
- ↑ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053, CiteSeerX: 10
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