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]
 A three-dimensional model of 614 Pia based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 11 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 | |
| 12.905±0.75 km | |
| 4.572 h (0.1905 d) | |
| 0.1056±0.013 | |
| 11.0 | |
The Name
editIts name may have been inspired by the Pia Observatory at Trieste, Italy, which German astronomer Johann Nepomuk Krieger (1865–1902) named for his wife, Pia.[2] Pia is Italian for "pious."
References
edit- ^ "614 Pia (1906 VQ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b "614 Pia". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Numbered Minor Planet Discoveries". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
External links
edit- 614 Pia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 614 Pia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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