1328 Devota

1328 Devota
Modelled shape of Devota from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byB. Jekhovsky
Discovery siteAlgiers Obs.
Discovery date21 October 1925
Designations
(1328) Devota
Named after
Fortunato Devoto[2]
(Argentine astronomer)
1925 UA · 1938 UC
1951 TQ · 1951 TT
1964 UD
main-belt · (outer)[1][3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc92.02 yr (33,612 days)
Aphelion3.9778 AU
Perihelion3.0334 AU
3.5056 AU
Eccentricity0.1347
6.56 yr (2,397 days)
13.874°
0° 9m 0.72s / day
Inclination5.7658°
222.69°
174.63°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions53.697±0.481 km[5]
55.288±0.434 km[6]
56.06±0.91 km[7]
57.11±5.1 km[3][8]
17.49±0.01 h[9]
0.0407±0.008[3][8]
0.043±0.002[7]
0.0434±0.0064[6]
0.046±0.005[5]
Tholen = X[1][3]
P[6] · D[10][11]
B–V = 0.695[1]
U–B = 0.210[1]
10.09±0.25[10] · 10.31[1][3][6][7]

1328 Devota, provisional designation 1925 UA, is a dark background asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 56 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 October 1925, by Russian–French astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky at the Algiers Observatory in North Africa.[12] The asteroid was named after Argentine astronomer Fortunato Devoto.[2]

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