Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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618 Elfriede | |
Mpc Name: | (618) Elfriede |
Alt Names: | 1906 VZ |
Pronounced: | pronounced as /de/[1] |
Discovered: | 17 October 1906 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.073271 |
Semimajor: | 3.1887AU |
Perihelion: | 2.9551AU |
Aphelion: | 3.4223abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 5.69 yr (2079.8 d) |
Inclination: | 17.037° |
Asc Node: | 111.070° |
Arg Peri: | 228.138° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Observation Arc: | 109.50 yr (39996 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Abs Magnitude: | 8.3 |
Rotation: | 14.795abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Radius: | km |
618 Elfriede is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On July 24, 2013, it occulted the magnitude 12.8 star 2UCAC 23949304, over parts of Mexico and southwestern United States.[3]
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 14.85 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 ± 0.02 magnitude.