28 Bellona
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | R. Luther |
| Discovery date | March 1, 1854 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /bɛˈloʊnə/ be-LOH-nə |
| 1951 CC2 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch Sept 30, 2012 (JD 2456200.5) | |
| Aphelion | 477.240 Gm (3.196 AU) |
| Perihelion | 353.977 Gm (2.358 AU) |
| 415.608 Gm (2.777 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| 1690.19 d (4.63 a) | |
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Average orbital speed
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17.77 km/s |
| 121.574° | |
| Inclination | 9.430° |
| 144.330° | |
| 344.461° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 97 ± 11 km[2] 120.9 ± 3.4 km (IRAS)[3] 108.10 ± 11.49[4] km |
| Mass | (2.62 ± 0.15) × 1018[4] kg |
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Mean density
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3.95 ± 1.28[4] g/cm3 |
| 0.0338? m/s² | |
| 0.0639? km/s | |
| 15.706 h[3][5] | |
| Albedo | 0.1763[3][6] |
| Temperature | ~163 K |
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Spectral type
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S[3] |
| 7.09[3] | |
28 Bellona is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 1, 1854, and named after Bellōna, the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of the Crimean War.
Bellona has been studied by radar.[7] Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 15.707 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.03 in magnitude. This report is in close agreement with a period estimate of 15.695 hours reported in 1983, and rejects a longer period of 16.523 hours reported in 1979.[8]
References
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- ↑ http://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_DERIVED_LIGHTCURVE_V8_0/data/lc.tab
- ↑ http://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_ALBEDOS_V1_1/data/albedos.tab
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External links
- JPL Ephemeris
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