614 Pia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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614 Pia
Mpc Name:(614) Pia
Alt Names:1906 VQ
Discovered:11 October 1906
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.11115
Semimajor:2.6936AU
Perihelion:2.3942AU
Aphelion:2.993abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:4.42 yr (1614.7 d)
Inclination:7.0266°
Asc Node:217.291°
Arg Peri:208.792°
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:109.50 yr (39996 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:11.0
Rotation:4.572abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

614 Pia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt.August Kopff discovered 614 Pia on 11 October 1906 at Heidelberg, Germany.[2] [3]

The Name

Its name may have been inspired by the Pia Observatory at Trieste, Italy, which German astronomer Johann Nepomuk Krieger (1865 - 1902) named for his wife, Pia.[2] Pia is Italian for "pious."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 614 Pia (1906 VQ) . https://web.archive.org/web/20200918090809/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=614;cad=1 . dead . 18 September 2020 . . . 5 May 2016.
  2. Web site: 614 Pia . 14 November 2014.
  3. Web site: Numbered Minor Planet Discoveries. 14 November 2014. Harvard University.