Discovery | |
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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
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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.