675 Ludmilla Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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675 Ludmilla
Mpc Name:(675) Ludmilla
Alt Names:1908 DU
Discovered:30 August 1908
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.20120
Semimajor:2.7729AU
Perihelion:2.215AU
Aphelion:3.3308abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:4.62 yr (1686.5 d)
Inclination:9.7796°
Asc Node:263.200°
Arg Peri:152.391°
Mean Radius:
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:98.67 yr (36039 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:7.91
Rotation:7.717abbr=onNaNabbr=on

675 Ludmilla is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Mikhail Glinka's opera Ruslan and Lyudmila.

Mass and density

In 2012, a study by Benoît Carry estimated a mass of for Ludmilla based on its gravitational influence on other Solar System bodies. However, given Ludmilla's diameter of, this mass implies an extremely high density . Such a high density is unphysical, so this mass and density estimate of Ludmilla has been rejected by Carry. Because of Ludmilla's small size, its gravitational influence on other bodies is extremely difficult to detect and may lead to highly inaccurate mass and density estimates. A more recent study in 2019 determined a mass of for Ludmilla, which corresponds to a density of for a diameter of .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 675 Ludmilla (1908 DU) . . . 7 May 2016.