159 Aemilia

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159 Aemilia
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3D convex shape model of 159 Aemilia
Discovery
Discovered by P. P. Henry
Discovery date26 January 1876
Designations
(159) Aemilia
Pronunciation /ɪˈmɪliə/ [1]
Named after
Via Aemilia
A876 BA; 1959 EG1
Main belt (Hygiea family)
Adjectives Aemilian /ɪˈmɪliən/ [2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 112.24 yr (40996 d)
Aphelion 3.4377  AU (514.27  Gm)
Perihelion 2.76896 AU (414.231 Gm)
3.1033 AU (464.25 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.10775
5.47 yr (1996.8 d)
Average orbital speed
16.86 km/s
214.036°
0° 10m 49.008s / day
Inclination 6.1308°
134.132°
333.387°
Earth  MOID 1.78581 AU (267.153 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID 1.67782 AU (250.998 Gm)
TJupiter 3.203
Physical characteristics
Dimensions124.97±2.4  km [3]
127.3 km [4]
Mass ~1.4×1018 kg
Mean density
~1.4 g/cm3 [5]
Equatorial surface gravity
~0.024 m/s2
Equatorial escape velocity
~0.055 km/s
24.476  h (1.0198  d) [3]
~1.05 d [6]
0.0639±0.003 [3]
0.0627 ± 0.0142 [4]
Temperature ~160 K
max: 239 K (−34 °C; −29 °F)
C [4] (Tholen)
8.12, [3] 8.10 [4]

    159 Aemilia is a large main-belt asteroid. Aemilia was discovered by the French brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on January 26, 1876. The credit for this discovery was given to Paul. It is probably named after the Via Aemilia, a Roman road in Italy that runs from Piacenza to Rimini.

    This slowly rotating, dark asteroid has a primitive carbonaceous composition, based upon its classification as a C-type asteroid. [4] Photometric observations made in 2006 gave a rotation period of about 25 hours. Subsequent observations made at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana found a light curve period of 16.37 ± 0.02 hours, with variation in brightness of 0.24 ± 0.04 in magnitude. [7]

    It orbits within the Hygiea family, although it may be an unrelated interloping asteroid, as it is too big to have arisen from the cratering process that most probably produced that family. Three stellar occultations by Aemilia have been recorded so far, the first in 2001, the second in 2003 and the third in 2016 [8]

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    8. 2016/09/01 | 159 | Aemilia | TYC 6349-00855-1