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387 Aquitania

387 Aquitania
Discovery
Discovered by F. Courty
Discovery date 5 March 1894
Designations
Named after
Aquitaine
1894 AZ
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 122.11 yr (44601 d)
Aphelion 3.38699 AU (506.686 Gm)
Perihelion 2.09422 AU (313.291 Gm)
2.74060 AU (409.988 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.23586
4.54 yr (1657.2 d)
Average orbital speed
18.0 km/s
244.115°
0° 13m 2.057s / day
Inclination 18.1246°
128.298°
157.160°
Earth MOID 1.08787 AU (162.743 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.88283 AU (281.667 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.239
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 100.51±2.9 km
Mass 1.8×1018 kg
Mean density
3.27 ± 1.11 g/cm3
24.144 h (1.0060 d)
0.1900±0.011
S
7.41

387 Aquitania is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.

It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.



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