| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Luigi Carnera |
| Discovery date | 11 July 1901 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | (472) Roma |
| Pronunciation | /ˈroʊmə/[2] |
| 1901 GP | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.55 yr (41838 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.7825 AU (416.26 Gm) (Q) |
| Perihelion | 2.3049 AU (344.81 Gm) (q) |
Semi-major axis | 2.5437 AU (380.53 Gm) (a) |
| Eccentricity | 0.093876 (e) |
| 4.06 yr (1481.8 d) | |
| 14.044° (M) | |
| 0° 14m 34.62s / day (n) | |
| Inclination | 15.803° (i) |
| 127.177° (Ω) | |
| 295.56° (ω) | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 47.27±3.4 km[1] |
| 9.8007 h (0.40836 d) | |
Sidereal rotation period | 9.8007 ± 0.0009 h[3] |
| 0.2138±0.034[1] | |
| 8.92[1] | |
Roma (minor planet designation: 472 Roma) is an asteroid. It was discovered by Luigi Carnera on July 11, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GP. This asteroid was named by Antonio Abetti for the city of Rome in Italy, the native country of its discoverer.[4]
At 21:57 UT, on Thursday, July 8, 2010, this 50 km wide asteroid occulted the star Delta Ophiuchi in an event lasting about five seconds. The occultation path crossed central Europe along a band that ran through Stockholm, Copenhagen, Bremen, Nantes and Bilbao.
This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Yeomans, Donald K. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ Sheridan, Edwin E. (2003). "Rotation periods and lightcurve photometry of 322 Phaeo and 472 Roma". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 30 (2): 28. Bibcode:2003MPBu...30...28S. ISSN 1052-8091.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Physics and astronomy online library (5th ed.). Springer. p. 52. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
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