183 Istria

183 Istria
Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
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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