Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Luigi Carnera |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 12 November 1901 |
Designations | |
(479) Caprera | |
Pronunciation | Italian: [kaˈprɛːra] [1] |
1901 HJ | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 114.43 yr (41794 d) |
Aphelion | 3.3144 AU (495.83 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.1251 AU (317.91 Gm) |
2.7197 AU (406.86 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.21864 |
4.49 yr (1638.3 d) | |
201.29° | |
0° 13m 11.064s / day | |
Inclination | 8.6824° |
136.032° | |
269.913° | |
Physical characteristics | |
36.49±1.45 km | |
9.43 h (0.393 d) | |
0.0480±0.004 | |
9.7 | |
479 Caprera is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
261 Prymno is a somewhat large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a B-type asteroid and probably has a primitive composition not unlike common C-type carbonaceous asteroids.
340 Eduarda is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 25 September 1892 in Heidelberg. It was named after German banker and amateur astronomer Heinrich Eduard von Lade.
486 Cremona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
494 Virtus is an 86 km minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 7, 1902. Its provisional name was 1902 JV.
500 Selinur is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. Like 501 Urhixidur and 502 Sigune, it is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.
506 Marion is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan in February 1903, and was later named after a cousin of his. It is designated as a C-type asteroid with a size of approximately 104 kilometres (64.6 mi).
507 Laodica is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
578 Happelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On 24 February 2017 a possible small 3-kilometer moon was found orbiting the asteroid, based on occultation observations.
586 Thekla is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Saint Thecla of the first century. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1906 TC.
616 Elly is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Maria family of asteroids.
618 Elfriede is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On July 24, 2013, it occulted the magnitude 12.8 star 2UCAC 23949304, over parts of Mexico and southwestern United States.
633 Zelima is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt with a magnitude of 10.7. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1907 ZM.
635 Vundtia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun - though this claim has been disputed.
663 Gerlinde is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
708 Raphaela is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
839 Valborg is a mid-sized S-type Eunomian asteroid. Its diameter is about 20 km, its albedo of 0.353 is very high for an asteroid. Its rotation period is 10.366 hours.
875 Nymphe is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Maria family of asteroids.
903 Nealley is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The semi-major axis of the orbit of 903 Nealley lies just inside the Hecuba gap, located at 3.27 AU.
947 Monterosa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
5642 Bobbywilliams, provisional designation 1990 OK1, is an eccentric, stony asteroid and Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.7 kilometers in diameter.