_Felicitas.png) 3D convex shape model of 109 Felicitas | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date | 9 October 1869 |
| Designations | |
| (109) Felicitas | |
| Pronunciation | /fɪˈlɪsɪtæs/[1] |
Named after | Felicitas |
| A869 TA; 1911 HA | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 146.39 yr (53470 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4971 AU (523.16 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.89658 AU (283.724 Gm) |
| 2.6968 AU (403.44 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.29674 |
| 4.43 yr (1617.6 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.73 km/s |
| 30.6904° | |
| 0° 13m 21.18s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.8813° |
| 3.1617° | |
| 56.392° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.920053 AU (137.6380 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.95452 AU (292.392 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.291 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 89.44±2.5 km[2] 88.971 km[3] |
| Mass | 7.5×1017 kg |
Equatorial surface gravity | 0.0250 m/s2 |
Equatorial escape velocity | 0.0473 km/s |
| 13.191 h (0.5496 d)[2][4] | |
| 0.0699±0.004[2] 0.07 ± 0.02[3] | |
| Temperature | ~170 K |
| GC (Tholen)[3] | |
| 8.75,[2] 8.759[3] | |
109 Felicitas is a dark and fairly large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on October 9, 1869, and named after Felicitas, the Roman goddess of success.[5] The only observed stellar occultation by Felicitas is one from Japan (March 29, 2003).[6]
This body is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.43 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.3. Its orbital plane is inclined by 7.9° from the plane of the ecliptic. 109 Felicitas is classified as a carbonaceous GC-type asteroid. It is spinning with a rotation period of 13.2 hours. During 2002, 109 Felicitas was observed by radar from the Arecibo Observatory. The return signal matched an effective diameter of 89 ± 9 km. This is consistent with the asteroid dimensions computed through other means.[4]
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