957 Camelia

957 Camelia
Discovery [1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date7 September 1921
Designations
(957) Camelia
Pronunciation/kəˈmiːliə/[2]
Named after
Camellia [3]
(genus of flowers)
A921 RF · 1932 AG
1958 BM · 1921 JX
main-belt [1][4] · (outer)
background [5][6] · slow [a]
Orbital characteristics [4]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc97.94 yr (35,773 d)
Aphelion3.1595 AU
Perihelion2.6884 AU
2.9240 AU
Eccentricity0.0806
5.00 yr (1,826 d)
199.16°
0° 11m 49.56s / day
Inclination14.761°
232.78°
224.57°
Physical characteristics
  • 64.36±1.01 km[7]
  • 73.73±1.5 km[8]
  • 91.548±0.450 km[9]
150±10 h[10][a]
  • 0.025±0.004[9]
  • 0.0429±0.002[8]
  • 0.056±0.002[7]
9.9[1][4]

957 Camelia /kəˈmiːliə/ is a large, carbonaceous background asteroid and slow rotator, approximately 70 kilometers (43 miles) in diameter. It is located in the outer regions of the asteroid belt and was discovered on 7 September 1921, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in Germany and given the provisional designations A921 RF and 1921 JX.[1] The C-type asteroid (Cb) has a long rotation period of at least 150 hours. It was named after the genus of flowering plants, Camellia.[3]

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