401 Ottilia is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 16, 1895, in Heidelberg. It is named after the Germanic folkloric character Ottilia.
The semi-major axis of the orbit of 401 Ottilia at 3.47 AU lies just outside the 2:1 Kirkwood gap, located at 3.27 AU.[2] 401 Ottilia is part of the Cybele asteroid group.[3]
References
- ^ "401 Ottilia (1895 BT)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Scholl, Hans; Froeschlé, Claude (September 1975), "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 (3): 457–463, Bibcode:1975A&A....42..457S
- ^ Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar; et al. (January 2001), "A Study of Cybele Asteroids. I. Spin Properties of Ten Asteroids", Icarus, 149 (1): 190–197, Bibcode:2001Icar..149..190L, doi:10.1006/icar.2000.6507.
External links
- 401 Ottilia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 401 Ottilia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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