840 Zenobia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg on September 25, 1916. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it may be named after the Slavic god of the hunt.[3]
Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 5.565 ± 0.005 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.20 ± 0.02 magnitude.[4]
References
^Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, vol. 1, Springer, p. 77, ISBN3540002383.
^Warner, Brian D. (September 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - late 2005 and early 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 33: 58–62, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...58W.
External links
Lightcurve plot of 840 Zenobia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2005)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
840 Zenobia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
zenobia, minor, planet, orbiting, discovered, german, astronomer, wolf, heidelberg, september, 1916, origin, name, uncertain, named, after, slavic, hunt, discoverydiscovered, bymax, wolfdiscovery, siteheidelbergdiscovery, date25, september, 1916designationsmpc. 840 Zenobia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg on September 25 1916 The origin of the name is uncertain but it may be named after the Slavic god of the hunt 3 840 ZenobiaDiscoveryDiscovered byMax WolfDiscovery siteHeidelbergDiscovery date25 September 1916DesignationsMPC designation 840 ZenobiaPronunciation z ɛ ˈ n oʊ b i e 1 Alternative designations1916 AKOrbital characteristics 2 Epoch 31 July 2016 JD 2457600 5 Uncertainty parameter 0Observation arc99 23 yr 36243 d Aphelion3 4448 AU 515 33 Gm Perihelion2 8197 AU 421 82 Gm Semi major axis3 1322 AU 468 57 Gm Eccentricity0 099775Orbital period sidereal 5 54 yr 2024 8 d Mean anomaly73 117 Mean motion0 10m 40 08s dayInclination9 9848 Longitude of ascending node272 773 Argument of perihelion10 358 Earth MOID1 80367 AU 269 825 Gm Jupiter MOID1 68787 AU 252 502 Gm TJupiter3 182Physical characteristicsSynodic rotation period5 565 h 0 2319 d Absolute magnitude H 10 0Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs Colorado were used to generate a light curve with a period of 5 565 0 005 hours and a variation in brightness of 0 20 0 02 magnitude 4 References Edit Noah Webster 1884 A Practical Dictionary of the English Language 840 Zenobia 1916 AK JPL Small Body Database NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Retrieved 4 May 2016 Schmadel Lutz D 2003 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names vol 1 Springer p 77 ISBN 3540002383 Warner Brian D September 2006 Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory late 2005 and early 2006 The Minor Planet Bulletin 33 58 62 Bibcode 2006MPBu 33 58W External links EditLightcurve plot of 840 Zenobia Palmer Divide Observatory B D Warner 2005 Asteroid Lightcurve Database LCDB query form info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books Asteroids and comets rotation curves CdR Observatoire de Geneve Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances Numbered Minor Planets 1 5000 Minor Planet Center 840 Zenobia at AstDyS 2 Asteroids Dynamic Site Ephemeris Observation prediction Orbital info Proper elements Observational info 840 Zenobia at the JPL Small Body Database Close approach Discovery Ephemeris Orbit diagram Orbital elements Physical parameters This article about an asteroid native to the asteroid belt is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 840 Zenobia amp oldid 1123261004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
