491 Carina

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491 Carina
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date3 September 1902
Designations
(491) Carina
1902 JQ
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 113.62 yr (41501 d)
Aphelion 3.4709  AU (519.24  Gm)
Perihelion 2.9118 AU (435.60 Gm)
3.1914 AU (477.43 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.087591
5.70 yr (2082.4 d)
295.527°
0° 10m 22.368s / day
Inclination 18.863°
175.423°
233.431°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
91.176±0.469  km [1] [2]
Mass (1.353 ± 0.769/0.297)×1018 kg [2]
Mean density
3.408 ± 1.937/0.749 g/cm3 [2]
15.153  h (0.6314  d)
0.0743±0.006
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    Carina (minor planet designation: 491 Carina) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

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    References

    1. 1 2 "491 Carina (1902 JQ)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 9 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1). doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz3407 .