Carina (minor planet designation: 491 Carina) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 3 September 1902 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (491) Carina |
Alternative designations | 1902 JQ |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 113.62 yr (41501 d) |
Aphelion | 3.4709 AU (519.24 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.9118 AU (435.60 Gm) |
Semi-major axis | 3.1914 AU (477.43 Gm) |
Eccentricity | 0.087591 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 5.70 yr (2082.4 d) |
Mean anomaly | 295.527° |
Mean motion | 0° 10m 22.368s / day |
Inclination | 18.863° |
Longitude of ascending node | 175.423° |
Argument of perihelion | 233.431° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 97.36 ± 3.18 km[2] 97.29±3.8 km[1] |
Mass | (4.82 ± 1.95) × 1018 kg[2] |
Mean density | 9.97 ± 4.15 g/cm3[2] |
Synodic rotation period | 15.153 h (0.6314 d) |
Geometric albedo | 0.0743±0.006 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.0 |
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