Astronomy:408 Fama
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | 13 October 1895 |
| Designations | |
| (408) Fama | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfeɪmə/[1] |
| 1895 CD | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.59 yr (40029 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.6216 astronomical unit|AU (541.78 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.71757 AU (406.543 Gm) |
| 3.1696 AU (474.17 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14261 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 yr (2061.1 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 148.91° |
| Mean motion | 0° 10m 28.776s / day |
| Inclination | 9.0794° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 297.250° |
| 108.505° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 40.81±2.1 km |
| Rotation period | 202.1 h (8.42 d)[2] 12.19 h[3] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1681±0.019 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.3 |
Fama (minor planet designation: 408 Fama) is a typical main belt asteroid in orbit around the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 13 October 1895 in Heidelberg.
Photometric observations at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana, during 2007 were used to build a light curve for this asteroid. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 12.19 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[3]
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "408 Fama (1895 CD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=408;cad=1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shipley, Heath et al. (September 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: September 2007", The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (3): pp. 99–101, Bibcode: 2008MPBu...35...99S, http://www.minorplanet.info/MPB/MPB_35-3.pdf, retrieved 2013-03-23.
External links
- 408 Fama at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 408 Fama at the JPL Small-Body Database
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