333 Badenia
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery date | August 22, 1892 |
Designations | |
Named after | Baden |
1892 A, A895 DC, A911 CA, 1930 JD, 1932 TC, 1936 QQ, 1937 VB, 1950 BP1 | |
Main belt (Hygiea family) | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
Aphelion | 545.798 Gm (3.648 AU) |
Perihelion | 389.041 Gm (2.601 AU) |
467.419 Gm (3.125 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.168 |
2017.262 d (5.52 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.85 km/s |
108.683° | |
Inclination | 3.794° |
354.163° | |
17.737° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 78 km[1] |
Mass | ~3.5×1017 kg (estimate) |
Mean density | ~1.4 g/cm³ (estimate)[3] |
~0.015 m/s² (estimate) | |
~0.035 km/s (estimate) | |
0.415 d [2] | |
Albedo | 0.0475 [1] |
Temperature | ~160 K max: 248K (-26° C) |
Spectral type | C-type asteroid |
9.46 | |
333 Badenia (/[invalid input: 'icon']bəˈdiːniə/ bə-DEE-nee-ə) is a large C-type (carbonaceous-type) asteroid in the outer asteroid belt.
It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 22, 1892 in Heidelberg.
References
- PDS lightcurve data
- G. A. Krasinsky et al. Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt, Icarus, Vol. 158, p. 98 (2002).