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363 Padua

363 Padua
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date 17 March 1893
Designations
Named after
Padua
1893 S
Main belt (Lydia)
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 121.80 yr (44489 d)
Aphelion 2.94211 AU (440.133 Gm)
Perihelion 2.55710 AU (382.537 Gm)
2.74960 AU (411.334 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.070012
4.56 yr (1665.3 d)
Average orbital speed
17.97 km/s
193.817°
0° 12m 58.219s / day
Inclination 5.94381°
64.7678°
295.490°
Earth MOID 1.56015 AU (233.395 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.37971 AU (356.000 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.335
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 97 km km
8.401 h (0.3500 d)
9.01, 8.88

363 Padua a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 17, 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padova, near Venice, Italy.

Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micrometre) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.

Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center.



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