Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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363 Padua | |
Discovered: | 17 March 1893 |
Mpc Name: | (363) Padua |
Alt Names: | 1893 S |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Mp Category: | Main belt (Lydia) |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 2.7496AU |
Perihelion: | 2.5571AU |
Aphelion: | 2.94211abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.070012 |
Period: | 4.56 yr (1665.3 d) |
Inclination: | 5.94381° |
Asc Node: | 64.7678° |
Arg Peri: | 295.490° |
Rotation: | 8.401abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 9.01, 8.88 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Observation Arc: | 121.80 yr (44489 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
363 Padua is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 17 March 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padua, near Venice, Italy.[2]
Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micrometre) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.[3]
Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center.[4]