218 Bianca

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218 Bianca
218Bianca (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 218 Bianca based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Johann Palisa
Discovery date4 September 1880
Designations
(218) Bianca
Pronunciation /biˈæŋkə/ [1]
Named after
Bianca Bianchi
A880 RA
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 122.41 yr (44709 d)
Aphelion 2.97915  AU (445.674  Gm)
Perihelion 2.35524 AU (352.339 Gm)
2.66719 AU (399.006 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11696
4.36 yr (1591.0 d)
Average orbital speed
18.24 km/s
170.102°
0° 13m 34.565s / day
Inclination 15.2006°
170.635°
63.0175°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions60.62±1.4  km [2]
56.735 km [3]
6.337  h (0.2640  d) [2]
6.33717 h [4]
0.1746±0.008 [2]
0.1979 ± 0.0407 [3]
S [3] (Tholen)
8.60, [2] 8.607 [3]

    218 Bianca is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 4 September 1880, in Pola and was named after the Austro-Hungarian opera singer Bianca Bianchi (real name Bertha Schwarz). The Vienna newspapers contained several published accounts of the circumstances surrounding the honor extended to the diva in Spring 1882. [5] In the late 1990s, a network of astronomers worldwide gathered lightcurve data that was ultimately used to derive the spin states and shape models of ten new asteroids, including (218) Bianca. The shape model for this asteroid is asymmetrical. [4] [6]

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    References

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