Discovery | |
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Discovered by | J. Palisa, 1879 |
Discovery date | 17 February 1879 |
Designations | |
(192) Nausikaa | |
Pronunciation | /nɔːˈsɪki.ə/[1] |
Named after | Nausicaä |
A879 DA; 1933 HH | |
Main belt | |
Adjectives | Nausikaan[2] |
Orbital characteristics[3] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 137.04 yr (50054 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9934 AU (447.81 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.8121 AU (271.09 Gm) |
2.4028 AU (359.45 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.24582 |
3.72 yr (1360.4 d) | |
94.342° | |
0° 15m 52.632s / day | |
Inclination | 6.8137° |
343.25° | |
30.067° | |
Earth MOID | 0.814558 AU (121.8561 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.48275 AU (371.414 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.474 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 103.26±1.9 km[3] 90.18 ± 2.80 km[4] |
Mass | (1.79 ± 0.42) × 1018 kg[4] |
Mean density | 4.64 ± 1.17 g/cm3[4] |
13.625 h (0.5677 d) | |
0.2330±0.009 | |
S | |
8.2 | |
7.13 | |
192 Nausikaa[a] is a large main-belt S-type asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 17, 1879, at Pula, then in Austria, now in Croatia. The name derives from Nausicaä, a princess in Homer's Odyssey.
This is an S-type asteroid around 86 km with an elliptical ratio of 1.51. The sidereal rotation period is 13.6217 hours.[5]
Based on the lightcurve data obtained from Nausikaa, a possible satellite was reported in 1985. However, this has not been confirmed.[6] A shape model of Nausikaa has been constructed, also based on the lightcurve data. It indicates a roughly cut, but not very elongated body.[7] In 1998 an occultation of a star by the asteroid was observed from the United States.
In 1988 a search for satellites or dust orbiting this asteroid was performed using the UH88 telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatories, but the effort came up empty.[8]
Nausikaa's orbital period is 3.72 years, its distance from the Sun varying between 1.81 and 2.99 AU. The orbital eccentricity is 0.246. Nausikaa brightened to magnitude 8.3 at a quite favorable opposition on 2 September 2011, when it was 1.875 AU from the Sun and 0.866 AU from the Earth.
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