329 Svea is an asteroid from the asteroid belt and the namesake of the small Svea family, approximately 81 kilometers (50 miles) in diameter. The C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.[4]
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | 21 March 1892 |
| Designations | |
| (329) Svea | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsveɪə/[1] |
Named after | Sweden |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 124.07 yr (45316 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.54003 AU (379.983 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.41427 AU (361.170 Gm) |
| 2.47715 AU (370.576 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.025383 |
| 3.90 yr (1424.1 d) | |
| 283.525° | |
| 0° 15m 10.076s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.8826° |
| 178.489° | |
| 54.9542° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 77.80±1.4 km |
| 22.778 h (0.9491 d)[2] 22.6 ± 0.01 hours[3] | |
| 0.0399±0.001 | |
| C | |
| 9.6 | |
It was discovered by Max Wolf on 21 March 1892 in Heidelberg.[5]
The light curve of 329 Svea shows a periodicity of 22.6 ± 0.01 hours, during which time the brightness of the object varies by 0.10 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[3]
References
edit- ^ 'Sveaborg' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b "329 Svea". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b Menke, John; et al. (October 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Menke Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 35 (4): 155–160, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..155M
- ^ Burbine, Thomas H (1998). "Could G-class asteroids be the parent bodies of the CM chondrites?". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 33 (2): 253–258. Bibcode:1998M&PS...33..253B. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01630.x. ISSN 1945-5100.
- ^ Hughes, Stefan (2012). Catchers of the Light: The Forgotten Lives of the Men and Women Who First Photographed the Heavens. Vol. 1. ArtDeCiel Publishing. p. 444. Bibcode:2015JAHH...18..327O. ISBN 978-1-62050-961-6. OCLC 859270626.
External links
edit- 329 Svea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 329 Svea at the JPL Small-Body Database
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