363 Padua
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
Synodic rotation period | 8.401 h (0.3500 d) |
| 9.01,[2] 8.88[3] | |
Padua (
minor planet designation: 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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
References
- ^ "Padua". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
"Padua". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. - ^ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
- Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
- ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
- ^ "Lightcurve Results". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of (363) Padua, Antelope Hills Observatory
- 363 Padua at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 363 Padua at the JPL Small-Body Database
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