301 Bavaria Explained

Minorplanet:yes
301 Bavaria
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
Discovered:16 November 1890
Mpc Name:(301) Bavaria
Alt Names:A890 WA;
1951 FD; 1952 OF
Pronounced:[1]
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:2.72528AU
Perihelion:2.54364AU
Aphelion:2.90693abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.066652
Period:4.50 yr (1643.3 d)
Inclination:4.89466°
Asc Node:142.374°
Arg Peri:125.469°
Rotation:12.253abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:10.3
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:117.42 yr (42888 d)
Uncertainty:0

301 Bavaria is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 54abbr=offNaNabbr=off. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 16 November 1890 in Vienna.

This is classified as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid with an estimated diameter of . It is spinning with a rotation period of .

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Notes and References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language