401 Ottilia

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401 Ottilia
Orbita asteroida 401.png
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery date16 March 1895
Designations
(401) Ottilia
Pronunciation /ɒˈtɪliə/
Named after
Ottilia
1895 BT
Main belt (Cybele)
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 121.08 yr (44225 d)
Aphelion 3.46736  AU (518.710  Gm)
Perihelion 3.2222 AU (482.03 Gm)
3.34480 AU (500.375 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.036643
6.12 yr (2234.4 d)
172.933°
0° 9m 40.032s / day
Inclination 5.9715°
36.138°
294.690°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions99.12±2.1  km
6.049  h (0.2520  d)
0.0412±0.002
9.2

    Ottilia (minor planet designation: 401 Ottilia) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 16, 1895, in Heidelberg. It is named after the Germanic folkloric character Ottilia.

    The semi-major axis of the orbit of 401 Ottilia lies just outside the 2/1 Kirkwood gap, located at 3.27  AU. [2] 401 Ottilia is part of the Cybele asteroid group. [3]

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    References

    1. "401 Ottilia (1895 BT)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. Scholl, Hans; Froeschlé, Claude (September 1975), "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 (3): 457–463, Bibcode:1975A&A....42..457S
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