435 Ella Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
435 Ella
Discovered:11 September 1898
Mpc Name:(435) Ella
Alt Names:1898 DS
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:2.4492AU
Perihelion:2.0688AU
Aphelion:2.8297abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.15533
Period:3.83 yr (1400.1 d)
Inclination:1.8168°
Asc Node:23.192°
Arg Peri:333.682°
Rotation:4.623abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:10.23
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:117.60 yr (42955 d)
Uncertainty:0

435 Ella is a typical Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 11 September 1898 in Heidelberg. This is the eponymous member of a proposed asteroid family with at least 15 members.

Photometric observations during 1995 show a rotation period of 4.264 hours. 435 Ella is classified as a DCX-type asteroid.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 435 Ella (1898 DS) . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916105910/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=435;cad=1 . dead . 16 September 2020 . . . 10 May 2016.