614 Pia

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614 Pia
614Pia (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 614 Pia based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date11 October 1906
Designations
(614) Pia
1906 VQ
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 109.50 yr (39996 d)
Aphelion 2.9930  AU (447.75  Gm)
Perihelion 2.3942 AU (358.17 Gm)
2.6936 AU (402.96 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11115
4.42 yr (1614.7 d)
267.21°
0° 13m 22.62s / day
Inclination 7.0266°
217.291°
208.792°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
12.905±0.75 km
4.572  h (0.1905  d)
0.1056±0.013
11.0

    614 Pia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt. August Kopff discovered 614 Pia on 11 October 1906 at Heidelberg, Germany. [2] [3]

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    The Name

    Its name may have been inspired by the Pia Observatory at Trieste, Italy, which German astronomer Johann Nepomuk Krieger (18651902) named for his wife, Pia. [2] Pia is Italian for "pious."

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    References

    1. "614 Pia (1906 VQ)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 "614 Pia" . Retrieved 14 November 2014.
    3. "Numbered Minor Planet Discoveries". Harvard University . Retrieved 14 November 2014.