841 Arabella

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841 Arabella
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date1 October 1916
Designations
(841) Arabella
Pronunciation /ærəˈbɛlə/
1916 AL; 1928 DJ;
1930 YQ
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 85.30 yr (31156 d)
Aphelion 2.4129  AU (360.96  Gm)
Perihelion 2.0983 AU (313.90 Gm)
2.2556 AU (337.43 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.069749
3.39 yr (1237.3 d)
71.2877°
0° 17m 27.42s / day
Inclination 3.7904°
354.733°
120.347°
Earth  MOID 1.11599 AU (166.950 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID 2.63388 AU (394.023 Gm)
TJupiter 3.618
Physical characteristics
3.352 ± 0.005  h (0.13967 ± 0.00021  d) [2]
12.92

    841 Arabella is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. [2] Its rotation period is 3.39 hours . It is named after the title character from Richard Strauss' opera Arabella.

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    References

    1. "841 Arabella (1916 AL)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Kryszczynska, A.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219199 . A72.