244 Sita Explained

Minorplanet:	yes
Background:	D6D6D6
244 Sita
Discovered:	14 October 1884
Mpc Name:	(244) Sita
Alt Names:	A884 TA, 1900 UA 1957 KT, 1976 HY
Epoch:	31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:	2.17424AU
Perihelion:	1.87531AU
Aphelion:	2.47317abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:	0.13749
Period:	3.21 yr (1171.0 d)
Inclination:	2.84423°
Asc Node:	208.982°
Arg Peri:	166.029°
Mean Diameter:	  11 km ^[1]
Mass:	~2×10^15 (estimate)
Density:	~2.7 g/cm^3 (estimate) ^[2]
Rotation:	129.51abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Spectral Type:	S ^[3]
Abs Magnitude:	11.9
Albedo:	  0.194 
Mean Motion:	/ day
Orbit Ref:	 ^[4]
Observation Arc:	130.93 yr (47824 d)
Uncertainty:	0

244 Sita is a background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt, approximately 11abbr=offNaNabbr=off in diameter. It was discovered on 14 October 1884, by an Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in the Vienna Observatory. It was named for the Hindu deity Sita.^[5]

External links

• The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
• Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances

Notes and References

1. Web site: Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey . https://archive.today/20060623213811/http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata04/simps04/diamalb.tab . June 23, 2006 .
2. G. A. Krasinsky . E. V. Pitjeva . M. V. Vasilyev . E. I. Yagudina . Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt. Icarus. 2002. 158. 1 . 98–105. 10.1006/icar.2002.6837. 2002Icar..158...98K . vanc .
3. http://www.psi.edu//pds/resource/taxonomy.html PDS spectral class data
4. Web site: 244 Sita . . . 12 May 2016.
5. Book: Schmadel, Lutz. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 5 August 2003. Springer Science & Business Media. 9783540002383 . Google Books.