611 Valeria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on September 24, 1906, from Taunton, Massachusetts.[4] The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1906 VL.[5]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1906 |
| Designations | |
| (611) Valeria | |
| Pronunciation | /vəˈlɪəriə/[1] |
| 1906 VL | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.46 yr (41807 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3397 AU (499.61 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6243 AU (392.59 Gm) |
| 2.9820 AU (446.10 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11996 |
| 5.15 yr (1880.9 d) | |
| 71.676° | |
| 0° 11m 29.04s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.445° |
| 189.431° | |
| 257.146° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 28.485±0.7 km | |
| 6.977 h (0.2907 d)[2][3] | |
| 0.1148±0.006 | |
| 9.19 | |
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2012 gave a light curve with a period of 6.977 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.08 ± 0.01 in magnitude. This result is consistent with a previous study from 2008.[3]
References
edit- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (October 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 47 Aglaja, 252 Clementina, 611 Valeria, 627 Charis, and 756 Lilliana", Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 39, pp. 220–222, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..220P.
- ^ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 60, ISBN 3642297188.
External links
edit- Lightcurve plot of (611) Valeria, Antelope Hills Observatory
- 611 Valeria at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 611 Valeria at the JPL Small-Body Database
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