630 Euphemia

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630 Euphemia
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery date7 March 1907
Designations
(630) Euphemia
Pronunciation /juːˈfmiə/ [1]
Named after
Euphemia
1907 XW; A924 DC
Main belt (Eunomia family)
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 91.87 yr (33557 d)
Aphelion 2.9153  AU (436.12  Gm)
Perihelion 2.3334 AU (349.07 Gm)
2.6244 AU (392.60 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11086
4.25 yr (1552.9 d)
273.57°
0° 13m 54.588s / day
Inclination 13.855°
105.419°
40.148°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
8.605±0.45 km [2]
8.5 km [3]
Mean density
~2.7 g/cm3 [4]
350  h (15  d)
0.2375±0.027
S-type asteroid
11.1

    630 Euphemia is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid.

    Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory during 2005 showed a best fit rotation period of 79.18 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.2 ± 0.02 in magnitude. However, some uncertainty remains concerning the reliability of this result. [5]

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    References

    1. "euphemian" . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
    2. 1 2 "630 Euphemia (1907 XW)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    3. "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey". Archived from the original on 23 June 2006.
    4. G. A. Krasinsky; et al. (2002). "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt". Icarus. 158 (1): 98. Bibcode:2002Icar..158...98K. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6837.
    5. Warner, Brian D. (December 2005), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - spring 2005", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 32 (4): 90–92, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...90W.