Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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484 Pittsburghia | |
Mpc Name: | (484) Pittsburghia |
Alt Names: | 1902 HX |
Discovered: | 29 April 1902 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.057501 |
Semimajor: | 2.6674AU |
Perihelion: | 2.5141AU |
Aphelion: | 2.8208abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 4.36 yr (1591.3 d) |
Inclination: | 12.512° |
Asc Node: | 127.276° |
Arg Peri: | 191.618° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Observation Arc: | 113.95 yr (41620 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Abs Magnitude: | 9.86 |
Rotation: | 10.63abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Radius: | km |
Pittsburghia is an asteroid that is in orbit around the Sun 150 million miles from Earth. It is named in honor of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and its scientific and industrial heritage that produced some of the finest astronomy equipment of the time http://johnbrashear.tripod.com/askbrashear.htm.