.png) A three-dimensional model of 72 Feronia based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date | May 29, 1861 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (72) Feronia |
| Pronunciation | /fɛˈroʊniə/ |
| Named after | Feronia |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Adjectives | Feronian |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 2.539 AU (379.8 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.993 AU (298.1 Gm) |
| Semi-major axis | 2.266 AU (339.0 Gm) |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Orbital period (sidereal) | 1,246.123 days (3.41 a) |
| Mean anomaly | 146.950° |
| Inclination | 5.417° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 208.137° |
| Argument of perihelion | 102.608° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 83.95±4.02 km |
| Mass | (9.45 ± 3.76/1.75)×10 kg |
| Mean density | 3.045 ± 1.212/0.565 g/cm |
| Synodic rotation period | 8.09068 h |
| Pole ecliptic latitude | 287 or 102 |
| Pole ecliptic longitude | −39 or −55 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.063 |
| Spectral type | TDG |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.94 |
72 Feronia is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid. It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters, on May 29, 1861, from Hamilton College, New York State. It was initially thought that Peters had merely seen the already known asteroid 66 Maja, but T.H. Safford showed that it was a new body. Safford named it after Feronia, a Roman fertility goddess.
This asteroid is orbiting the Sun with a period of 3.41 years, having a semimajor axis of 2.266 AU and an eccentricity of 0.121. The orbital plane is inclined by an angle of 5.4° to the plane of the ecliptic. This is a spectral type TDG asteroid with a cross-section size of 84 km. The asteroid has an estimated rotation period of 8.09 h. Hanuš et al. (2013) gives two possible solutions for the pole in ecliptic coordinates: (λ1, β1) = (287°, −39°) or (λ1, β1) = (102°, −55°).
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
- ^ Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1). doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
- ^ Hanuš, J.; et al. (September 2013), "Sizes of main-belt asteroids by combining shape models and Keck adaptive optics observations", Icarus, 226 (1): 1045−1057, arXiv:1308.0446, Bibcode:2013Icar..226.1045H, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.07.023.
- "Asteroid Data Sets". Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
- *JPL Small-Body Database Browser
- Sheehan, William (1999), "Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters", Biographical Memoirs, vol. 76, National Academies Press, p. 289, ISBN 0309064341.
- Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 22. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
External links
- 72 Feronia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 72 Feronia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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