412 Elisabetha is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 7 January 1896 in Heidelberg. It may have been named after his mother, Elise Wolf (née Helwerth).[4] This minor planet is orbiting at a distance of 2.76 AU from the Sun with a period of 4.59 years and an orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.044. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 13.8° to the plane of the ecliptic.[1]
This asteroid is rotating with a period of 19.65618±0.00004 h. Shape models and stellar occultations provide an estimated diameter of 97+7
−14 km. Older diameter estimates range from 76.38±2.114 to 111.12±22.22 km.[5]
Notes
- ^ Assuming a diameter of 100.94 ± 1.4 km.
References
- ^ a b c d e Yeomans, Donald K., "412 Elisabetha", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ a b Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1). doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
- ^ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer, p. 47, ISBN 3642297188.
- ^ Marciniak, A.; Ďurech, J.; Choukroun, A.; Hanuš, J.; Ogłoza, W.; Szakáts, R.; Molnár, L.; Pál, A.; Monteiro, F.; Frappa, E.; Beisker, W.; Pavlov, H.; Moore, J.; et al. (November 2023). "Scaling slowly rotating asteroids with stellar occultations". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 679. id. A60. arXiv:2310.08995. Bibcode:2023A&A...679A..60M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346191.
External links
- 412 Elisabetha at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 412 Elisabetha at the JPL Small-Body Database
