631 Philippina

631 Philippina

A three-dimensional model of 631 Philippina based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 21 March 1907
Designations
1907 YJ
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 109.08 yr (39842 d)
Aphelion 3.0226 AU (452.17 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5641 AU (383.58 Gm)
2.7933 AU (417.87 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.082065
4.67 yr (1705.2 d)
217.70°
 12m 39.996s / day
Inclination 18.917°
224.709°
277.857°
Earth MOID 1.64793 AU (246.527 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.13516 AU (319.415 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.244
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
28.825±0.6 km
5.899 h (0.2458 d)
0.1760±0.008
8.70

    631 Philippina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on March 21, 1907.

    Photometric of this asteroid made in 1981 gave a light curve with a period of 5.92 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 in magnitude.[2] In 2007 lightcurve data showed that it rotates every 5.899 ± 0.001 hours.[3]

    See also

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "631 Philippina", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Schober, H. J. (July 1983), "The large C-type asteroids 146 Lucina and 410 Chloris, and the small S-type asteroids 152 Atala and 631 Philippina - Rotation periods and lightcurves", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 53, pp. 71–75, Bibcode:1983A&AS...53...71S.
    3. Buchheim, Robert K. - Lightcurves for 122 Gerda, 217 Eudora, 631 Phillipina, 670 Ottegebe, and 972 Cohnia (2007)

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