441 Bathilde is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 8 December 1898 in Nice. 441 Bathilde is orbiting close to a 5:2 mean motion resonance with Jupiter, which is located at 2.824 AU.[2]
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 8 December 1898 |
Designations | |
(441) Bathilde | |
Pronunciation | French: [batildᵊ] |
Named after | unknown (Bathilde) |
1898 ED | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 117.20 yr (42808 d) |
Aphelion | 3.0266 AU (452.77 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.58642 AU (386.923 Gm) |
2.80651 AU (419.848 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.078421 |
4.70 yr (1717.3 d) | |
348.249° | |
0° 12m 34.668s / day | |
Inclination | 8.1476° |
253.585° | |
201.62° | |
Earth MOID | 1.60331 AU (239.852 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.16565 AU (323.977 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.304 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 70.32±2.6 km |
10.446 h (0.4353 d) | |
0.1410±0.011 | |
8.51 | |
10μ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 64 km.[3]
References
edit- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "441 Bathilde", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Hahn, G.; et al. (June 1991), "Orbital evolution studies of asteroids near the 5:2 mean motion resonance with Jupiter", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 246 (2): 603–618, Bibcode:1991A&A...246..603H.
- ^ Morrison, D.; Chapman, C. R. (March 1976), "Radiometric diameters for an additional 22 asteroids", Astrophysical Journal, vol. 204, pp. 934–939, Bibcode:2008mgm..conf.2594S, doi:10.1142/9789812834300_0469.
External links
edit- 441 Bathilde at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 441 Bathilde at the JPL Small-Body Database