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614 Pia
A three-dimensional model of 614 Pia based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byAugust Kopff
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date11 October 1906
Designations
MPC designation(614) Pia
Alternative designations1906 VQ
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc109.50 yr (39996 d)
Aphelion2.9930 AU (447.75 Gm)
Perihelion2.3942 AU (358.17 Gm)
Semi-major axis2.6936 AU (402.96 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11115
Orbital period (sidereal)4.42 yr (1614.7 d)
Mean anomaly267.21°
Mean motion0° 13 22.62 / day
Inclination7.0266°
Longitude of ascending node217.291°
Argument of perihelion208.792°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius12.905±0.75 km
Synodic rotation period4.572 h (0.1905 d)
Geometric albedo0.1056±0.013
Absolute magnitude (H)11.0

614 Pia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt. August Kopff discovered 614 Pia on 11 October 1906 at Heidelberg, Germany.

The Name

Its name may have been inspired by the Pia Observatory at Trieste, Italy, which German astronomer Johann Nepomuk Krieger (1865–1902) named for his wife, Pia. Pia is Italian for "pious."

References

  1. "614 Pia (1906 VQ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ "614 Pia". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. "Numbered Minor Planet Discoveries". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

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