660 Crescentia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 8 January 1908 |
| Designations | |
| 1908 CC | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.74 yr (38987 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8075 AU (420.00 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2581 AU (337.81 Gm) |
| 2.5328 AU (378.90 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10846 |
| 4.03 yr (1472.3 d) | |
| 185.507° | |
| 0° 14m 40.272s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.205° |
| 156.981° | |
| 106.012° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.29529 AU (193.773 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.38743 AU (357.154 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.393 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 21.12±0.5 km |
| 7.9116 h (0.32965 d) | |
| 0.2186±0.011 | |
| 9.14 | |
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660 Crescentia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on January 8, 1908.
This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "660 Crescentia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ 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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