435 Ella

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435 Ella
435Ella (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 435 Ella based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
A. Schwassmann
Discovery date11 September 1898
Designations
(435) Ella
1898 DS
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 117.60 yr (42955 d)
Aphelion 2.8297  AU (423.32  Gm)
Perihelion 2.0688 AU (309.49 Gm)
2.4492 AU (366.40 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.15533
3.83 yr (1400.1 d)
265.450°
0° 15m 25.668s / day
Inclination 1.8168°
23.192°
333.682°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 41.49±1.5  km
4.623  h (0.1926  d)
0.0831±0.006
10.23

    435 Ella is a typical Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 11 September 1898 in Heidelberg. This is the eponymous member of a proposed asteroid family with at least 15 members. [2]

    Photometric observations during 1995 show a rotation period of 4.264 hours. 435 Ella is classified as a DCX-type asteroid. [3]

    References

    1. ↑ "435 Ella (1898 DS)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. ↑ Bendjoya, P. (November 1993), "A Classification of 6479 Asteroids Into Families by Means of the Wavelet Clustering Method", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 102 (1): 25, Bibcode:1993A&AS..102...25B.
    3. ↑ Piironen, J.; et al. (March 1998), "Physical studies of asteroids. XXXII. Rotation periods and UBVRI-colours for selected asteroids", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 128 (3): 525–540, Bibcode:1998A&AS..128..525P, doi: 10.1051/aas:1998393 .


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