Lampetia (minor planet designation: 393 Lampetia) is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 4 November 1894 in Heidelberg. It has an unusually low rotation rate, with a period estimated at 38.7 hours and a brightness variation of 0.14 in magnitude.[4]
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery date | 4 November 1894 |
Designations | |
(393) Lampetia | |
Pronunciation | /læmˈpiːʃiə/[1][2] |
Named after | Lampetia |
1894 BG | |
Main belt | |
Symbol | |
Orbital characteristics[3] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 112.56 yr (41112 d) |
Aphelion | 3.6980 AU (553.21 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.8568 AU (277.77 Gm) |
2.7774 AU (415.49 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.33146 |
4.63 yr (1690.6 d) (4.63 yr) | |
173.245° | |
0° 12m 46.584s / day | |
Inclination | 14.879° |
212.460° | |
2023-Aug-15 | |
90.824° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 96.89±31.4 km |
38.7 h (1.61 d)[3][4] | |
0.0829±0.099 | |
8.39 | |
In 2000, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.98 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 125 ± 20 km.[5]
It comes to opposition at apparent magnitude 10.5 on 6 July 2023[6] and then perihelion on 15 August 2023.[3]