Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 11 June 1891 |
Designations | |
(311) Claudia | |
Pronunciation | /ˈklaʊdiə/[1] |
Main belt (Koronis) | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 113.31 yr (41387 d) |
Aphelion | 2.90489 AU (434.565 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.89097 AU (432.483 Gm) |
2.89793 AU (433.524 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.0024026 |
4.93 yr (1801.9 d) | |
260.154° | |
0° 11m 59.24s / day | |
Inclination | 3.22695° |
81.0114° | |
51.4007° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 24.05±1.8 km |
7.532 h (0.3138 d) | |
0.3381±0.057 | |
10.0 | |
Claudia (minor planet designation: 311 Claudia) is a typical Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 11 June 1891 in Nice.[3] The name was suggested to Charlois by the amateur astronomer Arthur Mee of Cardiff, Wales, to commemorate Mee's wife, Claudia.[4]
311 Claudia is one of the Koronis family of asteroids. A group of astronomers, including Lucy D'Escoffier Crespo da Silva and Richard P. Binzel, used observations made between 1998 through 2000 to determine the spin-vector alignment of these asteroids. The collaborative work resulted in the creation of 61 new individual rotation lightcurves to augment previous published observations.[5]
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ "311 Claudia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ Mee, Arthur B. P. (2 April 1910), "Astronomical Notes", Weekly Mail, p. 11, retrieved 25 August 2013
- ↑ Slivan, S. M., Binzel, R. P., Crespo da Silva, L. D., Kaasalainen, M., Lyndaker, M. M., Krco, M.: "Spin vectors in the Koronis family: comprehensive results from two independent analyses of 213 rotation lightcurves",Icarus, 162, 2003, pp. 285–307.
External links
- 311 Claudia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 311 Claudia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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