) | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. Luther |
| Discovery date | 1 March 1854 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | (28) Bellona |
| Pronunciation | /bɛˈloʊnə/[2] |
Named after | Bellona |
| 1951 CC2 | |
| Main belt | |
| Adjectives | Bellonian /bɛˈloʊniən/[2] |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch Sept 30, 2012 (JD 2456200.5) | |
| Aphelion | 477.240 Gm (3.196 AU) |
| Perihelion | 353.977 Gm (2.358 AU) |
Semi-major axis | 415.608 Gm (2.777 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| 1690.19 d (4.63 a) | |
| 121.574° | |
| Inclination | 9.430° |
| 144.330° | |
| 344.461° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 97 ± 11 km[3] 120.9 ± 3.4 km (IRAS)[4] 108.10 ± 11.49 km[5] |
| Mass | (2.62±0.15)×1018 kg[5] |
Mean density | 3.95 ± 1.28 g/cm3[5] |
| 15.706 h[4][6] | |
| 0.1763[4][7] | |
| S [4] | |
| 7.09[4] | |
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Bellona (minor planet designation: 28 Bellona) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer 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. It is a stony (S-type) asteroid with a cross-section size of around 100–120 km. 28 Bellona is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.63 years.
Bellona has been studied by radar.[8] 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.[9]
References
- ^ "Astrometry.net job 1005148". Astrometry.net. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Bellona". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Ďurech, Josef; Kaasalainen, Mikko; Herald, David; Dunham, David; Timerson, Brad; Hanuš, Josef; et al. (2011). "Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes" (PDF). Icarus. 214 (2): 652–670. arXiv:1104.4227. Bibcode:2011Icar..214..652D. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 28 Bellona". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
2012-01-02 last obs
- ^ a b c Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March-May 2007", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 34 (4), pp. 104–107, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..104W.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 28 Bellona, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- 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
- 28 Bellona at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 28 Bellona at the JPL Small-Body Database
