Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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854 Frostia | |
Discovered: | 3 April 1916 |
Mpc Name: | (854) Frostia |
Alt Names: | SIGMA 29; 1931 MB; 1935 QE; 1950 VP |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 2.3685AU |
Perihelion: | 1.9566AU |
Aphelion: | 2.7805abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.17393 |
Period: | 3.65 yr (1331.4 d) |
Inclination: | 6.0883° |
Asc Node: | 190.6003° |
Arg Peri: | 84.3355° |
Dimensions: | 8.39 ± 1.27 km |
Density: | 0.88 ± 0.13 g/cm3 |
Rotation: | 37.56abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 12.0 |
Albedo: | 0.33-0.6 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Observation Arc: | 73.52 yr (26853 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
S/2004 (854) 1 | |
Discoverer: | R. Behrend L. Bernasconi A. Klotz R. Durkee |
Discovered: | 17 July 2004 |
Discovery Method: | lightcurve |
Semimajor: | 17 km |
Period: | 1.572 ± 0.00004 d 1 day, 13 hours, 43 minutes, 41 ± 3 seconds |
Angular Dist: | 25 mas (maximum) |
Satellite Of: | 854 Frostia |
Volume: | 51 km3 (assumed) |
Dimensions: | 4.6 km |
Magnitude: | 0.7 fainter than primary |
Abs Magnitude: | ~14.8 |
854 Frostia is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1916 by Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky from Simeiz Observatory in Crimea and is named after Edwin Brant Frost, an American astronomer. This asteroid measures approximately in diameter.
A satellite, designated S/2004 (854) 1, was identified based on light curve observations in July 2004 by Raoul Behrend, Laurent Bernasconi, Alain Klotz, and Russell I. Durkee. It is roughly in diameter and orbits about from Frostia with an orbital period of 1.572 days.[2]