616 Elly

616 Elly
Discovery
Discovered by	August Kopff
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	17 October 1906
Designations
MPC designation	(616) Elly
Alternative designations	1906 VT
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	109.51 yr (39998 d)
Aphelion	2.7045 AU (404.59 Gm)
Perihelion	2.4026 AU (359.42 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.5536 AU (382.01 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.059122
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.08 yr (1490.4 d)
Mean anomaly	258.42°
Mean motion	0° 14m 29.544s / day
Inclination	14.960°
Longitude of ascending node	356.112°
Argument of perihelion	107.703°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	9.075±0.75 km
Synodic rotation period	5.301 ± 0.001 h; 5.297 h (0.2207 d)
Geometric albedo	0.2866±0.053
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.68

Last updated December 26, 2025

616 Elly is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Maria family of asteroids.^[2]

References

1 2 "616 Elly (1906 VT)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 May 2016.
1 2 Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus, 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 616 Elly ^{[ dead link ]}, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2010)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine )
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
616 Elly at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
616 Elly at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[jpldata-1] 1 2 "616 Elly (1906 VT)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[icarus172_2_388-2] 1 2 Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus, 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.

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