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275 Sapientia

275 Sapientia
Discovery
Discovered by Johann Palisa
Discovery date 15 April 1888
Designations
MPC designation (275) Sapientia
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 124.23 yr (45374 d)
Aphelion 3.22294 AU (482.145 Gm)
Perihelion 2.31754 AU (346.699 Gm)
2.77024 AU (414.422 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.16342
4.61 yr (1684.1 d)
Average orbital speed
17.89 km/s
300.952°
0° 12m 49.54s / day
Inclination 4.76416°
134.097°
40.0578°
Earth MOID 1.32445 AU (198.135 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.75011 AU (261.813 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.313
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 103 km
14.931 h (0.6221 d)
0.036
C
8.85

275 Sapientia is a very large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on 15 April 1888 in Vienna. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during 2007 produced a light curve with an estimated period of 14.766 ± 0.006 hours with a brightness range of 0.11 ± 0.02 in magnitude.



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