505 Cava

505 Cava

A three-dimensional model of 505 Cava based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by R. H. Frost
Discovery site Arequipa
Discovery date 21 August 1902
Designations
1902 LL
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 112.24 yr (40994 d)
Aphelion 3.3432 AU (500.14 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0229 AU (302.62 Gm)
2.6831 AU (401.39 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.24604
4.40 yr (1605.3 d)
219.54°
 13m 27.336s / day
Inclination 9.8406°
90.876°
337.156°
Earth MOID 1.03961 AU (155.523 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.97883 AU (296.029 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.311
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 101.51 ± 1.83 km[2]
115 km[1]
Mass (3.99 ± 3.84) × 1018 kg[2]
8.1789 h (0.34079 d)
0.040
8.61

    505 Cava is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

    In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.18 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 105 ± 17 km.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 "505 Cava (1902 LL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336Freely accessible, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
    3. Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 2015-04-14.

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