902 Probitas

902 Probitas
Discovery
Discovered by J. Palisa
Discovery site Vienna
Discovery date 3 September 1918
Designations
1918 EJ
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 97.58 yr (35642 days)
Aphelion 2.8857 AU (431.69 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0084 AU (300.45 Gm)
2.4470 AU (366.07 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.17926
3.83 yr (1398.2 d)
190.000°
 15m 26.928s / day
Inclination 6.3472°
353.081°
28.520°
Earth MOID 1.01204 AU (151.399 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.5861 AU (386.88 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.467
Physical characteristics
10.117 h (0.4215 d)
12.0

    902 Probitas is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by an Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna on September 3, 1918.[2]

    References

    1. "902 Probitas (1918 EJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
    2. Lutz D. Schmadel. Dictionary of minor planet names.Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3; page 81.

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