352 Gisela Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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352 Gisela
Discovered:12 January 1893
Mpc Name:(352) Gisela
Pronounced:pronounced as /de/[1]
Alt Names:1893 B; A895 XA;
1950 XT
Mp Category:Main belt (Flora family)
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Orbit Ref: 
Semimajor:2.19392AU
Perihelion:1.86634AU
Aphelion:2.52149abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.14931
Period: 3.25 yr (1186.9 d)
Inclination:3.38092°
Asc Node:247.353°
Arg Peri:144.194°
Density:~2.7 g/cm3
Rotation:7.4796+/-
Spectral Type:S 
Abs Magnitude:10.01, 10.22 
Albedo: 
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:117.47 yr (42905 d)
Uncertainty:0

352 Gisela is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt that has an unusually high albedo. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 12 January 1893 in Heidelberg, and named after his wife. This minor planet is orbiting the Sun at a distance of with a period of and an orbital eccentricity of 0.149. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 3.38° to the plane of the ecliptic.

Photometric measurements of 352 Gisela during December 1999 were used to produce a light curve showing a sinodic rotation period of with a brightness variation of 0.32 in magnitude. This period estimate was refined to in 2012.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.germannames.de/wiki/Gisela (German Names)