477 Italia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
Italia
Discovered:23 August 1901
Mpc Name:(477) Italia
Alt Names:1901 GR; A905 UK
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Aphelion:2.8698979abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Perihelion:1.964098AU
Semimajor:2.416998AU
Eccentricity:0.1873812
Period:3.76 yr (1372.5 d)
Inclination:5.288912°
Asc Node:10.68098°
Arg Peri:322.42220°
Spectral Type:T/B
Abs Magnitude:10.25
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:114.61 yr (41862 d)
Uncertainty:0
Rotation:19.413abbr=onNaNabbr=on

477 Italia (1901 GR) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered on 23 August 1901 by Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected in 2005 gave a provisional rotation period of 19.4189 hours and a brightness variation of about 0.2 in magnitude.