422 Berolina Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
422 Berolina
Discovered:8 October 1896
Mpc Name:(422) Berolina
Alt Names:1896 DA
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:2.22815AU
Perihelion:1.74907AU
Aphelion:2.70724abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.21502
Period:3.33 yr (1214.8 d)
Inclination:4.99913°
Asc Node:9.08604°
Arg Peri:335.361°
Dimensions:17 - 37 km
Rotation:12.79abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:10.83
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:109.00 yr (39811 d)
Uncertainty:0

422 Berolina is a typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by G. Witt on 8 October 1896 in Berlin. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was the famous asteroid 433 Eros.

Although it has an orbit similar to the Flora family asteroids, it appears to be an unrelated interloper due to not being of the S spectral type (see the PDS asteroid taxonomy data set).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 422 Berolina (1896 DA) . . . 10 May 2016.