467 Laura
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Observatory |
| Discovery date | 9 January 1901 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɔːrə/[1] Italian: [ˈlaura] |
| 1901 FY; 1954 OE; A924 RG | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 115.03 yr (42015 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.26446 AU (488.356 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.62441 AU (392.606 Gm) |
| 2.94444 AU (440.482 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1086874 |
| 5.05 yr (1845.4 d) | |
| 5.2504112° | |
| 0° 11m 42.269s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.43615° |
| 322.48119° | |
| 91.31635° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 41.96±3.2 km |
| 36.8 h (1.53 d) | |
| 0.0633±0.011 | |
| 10.9 | |
467 Laura (1901 FY) is Main-belt asteroid discovered on 9 January 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. The semi-major axis of the orbit of 467 Laura lies just inside the 7/3 Kirkwood gap, located at 2.95 AU.[3] It's named after the character Laura from Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda.
References
[edit]- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ "467 Laura (1901 FY)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ↑ Scholl, Hans; Froeschlé, Claude (September 1975), "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 (3): 457–463, Bibcode:1975A&A....42..457S
External links
[edit]- 467 Laura at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 467 Laura at the JPL Small-Body Database
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