377 Campania

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377 Campania
377Campania (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 377 Campania based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date20 September 1893
Designations
(377) Campania
Pronunciation /kæmˈpniə/ [1]
Named after
Campania
1893 AN
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 122.52 yr (44749 d)
Aphelion 2.9003  AU (433.88  Gm)
Perihelion 2.47956 AU (370.937 Gm)
2.68996 AU (402.412 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.078214
4.41 yr (1611.4 d)
273.255°
0° 13m 24.247s / day
Inclination 6.6781°
210.126°
196.069°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions91.05±2.0  km
11.664  h (0.4860  d) [2]
8.507 h [3]
0.0592±0.003
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    Campania (minor planet designation: 377 Campania) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 20 September 1893 in Nice.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid made at the Torino Observatory in Italy during 1990–1991 were used to determine a synodic rotation period of 8.507 ± 0.003 hours. [3]

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    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "377 Campania", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, archived from the original on 15 January 2016, retrieved 11 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 di Martino, M.; et al. (February 1994), "Lightcurves and rotational periods of nine main belt asteroids", Icarus, vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 269–275, Bibcode:1994Icar..107..269D, doi:10.1006/icar.1994.1022.