183 Istria
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Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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Orbit type | Main belt |
Semimajor axis | 2.797 AU |
Perihelion distance | 1.824 AU |
Aphelion distance | 3.769 AU |
Orbital period | 4.68 years |
Inclination | 26.41° |
Eccentricity | 0.348 |
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
Diameter | 35.4 km |
Rotation period | 11.77 hours |
Spectral class 5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) | S |
Abs. magnitude | 9.68 |
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.189 |
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
Discoverer | J. Palisa, 1878 |
183 Istria is a stony main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Palisa on February 8, 1878 and named after the Istrian peninsula, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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