362 Havnia

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362 Havnia
362 Havnia.png
Lightcurve-base 3D-model of 362 Havnia.
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date12 March 1893
Designations
(362) Havnia
Pronunciation /ˈhævniə/
Named after
Copenhagen
1893 R
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 116.44 yr (42,528 d)
Aphelion 2.69  AU (402.27  Gm)
Perihelion 2.47 AU (369.18 Gm)
2.58 AU (385.73 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.042895
4.14 yr (1,512.3 d)
42.5974°
0° 14m 16.984s / day
Inclination 8.06864°
27.3489°
29.6504°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 98 km
16.92  h (0.705  d)
16.919  h (0.7050  d) [2]
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    362 Havnia is a typical Main belt asteroid.

    It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 12 March 1893 in Nice, France.

    It is spinning with a rotation period of 16.92 hours. The inferred shape of this object resembles a Maclaurin spheroid. [2]

    References

    1. "362 Havnia (1893 R)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Wang, Xiaobin; et al. (December 2015), "Photometric analysis for the spin parameters and shapes of asteroids (362) Havnia and (506) Marion", Planetary and Space Science, 118: 242–249, Bibcode:2015P&SS..118..242W, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.08.001