363 Padua

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363 Padua
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date17 March 1893
Designations
(363) Padua
Pronunciation /ˈpædjuə/ [1]
Named after
 Padua
1893 S
Main belt (Lydia)
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 121.80 yr (44489 d)
Aphelion 2.94211  AU (440.133  Gm)
Perihelion 2.55710 AU (382.537 Gm)
2.74960 AU (411.334 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.070012
4.56 yr (1665.3 d)
193.817°
0° 12m 58.219s / day
Inclination 5.94381°
64.7678°
295.490°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 97 km
8.401  h (0.3500  d)
9.01, [2] 8.88 [3]

    363 Padua is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 17 March 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padua (Padova), Italy. [4]

    Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micrometre) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999. [5]

    Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center. [6]

    It gives its name to the Padua family, a group of asteroids with similar orbital properties.

    References

    1. ↑ "Padua". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
      "Padua". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster.
    2. 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "363 Padua", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , retrieved 11 May 2016.
    3. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
    4. ↑ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN   3-540-00238-3.
    5. ↑ Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
    6. ↑ "Lightcurve Results". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2008.


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