303 Josephina Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
303 Josephina
Discovered:12 February 1891
Mpc Name:(303) Josephina
Alt Names:A891 CA; 1948 MA
1974 KC
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:3.12305AU
Perihelion:2.92967AU
Aphelion:3.31643abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.061920
Period:5.52 yr (2015.9 d)
Inclination:6.87269°
Asc Node:344.002°
Arg Peri:64.1014°
Rotation:12.497abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:8.9
Single Temperature:unknown
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:124.85 yr (45600 d)
Uncertainty:0

303 Josephina is a large Main belt asteroid.[1] It was discovered by Elia Millosevich on 12 February 1891 in Rome. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was 306 Unitas.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 303 Josephina . https://web.archive.org/web/20200915051627/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=303;cad=1 . dead . 15 September 2020 . . . 11 May 2016.