425 Cornelia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
425 Cornelia
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
Discovered:28 December 1896
Mpc Name:(425) Cornelia
Pronounced:[1]
Alt Names:1896 DC
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:2.88528AU
Perihelion:2.71122AU
Aphelion:3.05934abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.060327
Period:4.90 yr (1790.1 d)
Inclination:4.04794°
Asc Node:61.0718°
Arg Peri:121.156°
Rotation:17.505abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:9.7
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[2]
Observation Arc:115.49 yr (42183 d)
Uncertainty:0

425 Cornelia is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 28 December 1896 in Nice. It is named after Cornelia Africana.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Web site: 425 Cornelia (1896 DC) . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916070646/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=425;cad=1 . dead . 16 September 2020 . . . 10 May 2016.
  3. Book: Schmadel, Lutz D. . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (425) Cornelia . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 49. 2003 . 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_426 . 978-3-540-29925-7.