374 Burgundia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | September 18, 1893 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Burgundy |
| 1893 AK | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 449.021 Gm (3.002 AU) |
| Perihelion | 382.91 Gm (2.56 AU) |
| 415.966 Gm (2.781 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.079 |
| 1693.512 d (4.64 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.86 km/s |
| 119.563° | |
| Inclination | 8.986° |
| 219.238° | |
| 27.587° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 45.0 km |
Spectral type | S |
| 8.68[2] | |
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374 Burgundia is a typical main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893 in Nice. It was named for the former French region of Burgandy. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute).[3]
Burgundia was long thought to be a member of the now defunct Ceres asteroid family, but it was found to be an unrelated interloper in that group based on its non-matching composition.[4]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "374 Burgundia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ Cellino, A . et al. "Spectroscopic Properties of Asteroid Families", in Asteroids III, University of Arizona Press, pp. 633-643 (2002).
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