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513 Centesima

513 Centesima
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 24 August 1903
Designations
1903 LY
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
(JD 2456400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 112.65 yr (41144 d)
Aphelion 3.2648 AU (488.41 Gm)
Perihelion 2.7679 AU (414.07 Gm)
3.0163 AU (451.23 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.082371
5.24 yr (1913.5 d)
146.99°
0° 11m 17.304s / day
Inclination 9.7329°
184.45°
226.24°
Earth MOID 1.78567 AU (267.132 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.10676 AU (315.167 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.221
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
25.075±0.9 km(IRAS)
Equatorial escape velocity
~25 m/s (56 mph)
5.23 h (0.218 d)
0.0885±0.007
K
9.75

513 Centesima is a 50 km Main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It is one of the core members of the Eos family of asteroids. Relatively little is known about this tiny asteroid. It is not known to possess any natural satellites, so its mass is unknown, and therefore can only be estimated. However, it has a rather rapid rotation period of just over 5 hours. This fact can be utilized to determine that the asteroid must be excepionally dense in order for it to not fall apart. This enables a density estimate. It was discovered August 24, 1903 by late 19th and early 20th century astronomer Max Wolf. It was his 100th asteroid discovery, hence the name, which in Latin, means "hundredth".


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