1195 Orangia

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1195 Orangia
Discovery
Synodic rotation period
6.167±0.0012 h[5]
0.237±0.053[4]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
12.864±0.002 (R)[5] · 13.2[1][4] · 13.31[3] · 13.60±0.32[6]

1195 Orangia, provisional designation 1931 KD, is a stony Florian

Orange Free State Province.[2]

Orbit and classification

Orangia is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest families of stony asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,239 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The asteroid's observation arc begins at Johannesburg, two weeks after its official discovery observation.[7]

Physical characteristics

Lightcurve

In November 2010, a rotational

U=2).[5]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the

albedo of 0.237,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of the Flora family – and calculates a diameter of 5.90 kilometers using an absolute magnitude of 13.31.[3]

Naming

This

H 111).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1195 Orangia (1931 KD)" (2016-12-11 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1195) Orangia". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
    . Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75
    . Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. ^ a b "1195 Orangia (1931 KD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

External links

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