Astronomy:603 Timandra

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603 Timandra
Discovery
Discovered byJoel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery siteTaunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date16 February 1906
Designations
(603) Timandra
Pronunciation/tɪˈmændrə/[1]
1906 TJ
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc110.08 yr (40205 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.9809 astronomical unit|AU (445.94 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.0947 AU (313.36 Gm)
2.5378 AU (379.65 Gm)
Eccentricity0.17460
Orbital period4.04 yr (1476.7 d)
Mean anomaly87.1291°
Mean motion0° 14m 37.644s / day
Inclination8.0265°
Longitude of ascending node343.455°
159.764°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius6.865±0.45 km
Rotation period41.79 h (1.741 d)[2][3]
Geometric albedo0.1354±0.019
Absolute magnitude (H)11.8


Timandra (minor planet designation: 603 Timandra) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 16, 1906, in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2010 gave a light curve with a long rotation period of 41.79 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3]

References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "603 Timandra", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=603, retrieved 5 May 2016. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pilcher, Frederick (April 2011), "Rotation Period Determinations for 25 Phocaea, 140 Siwa, 149 Medusa 186 Celuta, 475 Ocllo, 574 Reginhild, and 603 Timandra", The Minor Planet Bulletin 38 (2): pp. 76–78, Bibcode2011MPBu...38...76P. 

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