1306 Scythia

This article is about dark Ursula asteroid. For others, see Scythia (disambiguation).

1306 Scythia
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. Neujmin
Discovery siteSimeiz Obs.
Discovery date22 July 1930
Designations
(1306) Scythia
Pronunciation/ˈsɪθiə, ˈsɪðiə/[2]
Named after
Scythia (Historic region)[3]
1930 OB · 1933 DN
1935 OA · 1951 JB
1956 EM1 · 1957 KQ
main-belt · (outer)[4]
Ursula[5]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc86.94 yr (31,756 days)
Aphelion3.4451 AU
Perihelion2.8533 AU
3.1492 AU
Eccentricity0.0940
5.59 yr (2,041 days)
142.14°
0° 10m 35.04s / day
Inclination14.935°
274.24°
139.44°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions66.780±0.710 km[6]
67.14±4.4 km[7]
72.95±20.42 km[8]
73.53±20.87 km[9]
77.708±1.662 km[10]
83.65±1.41 km[11]
7.525±0.001 h[12]
15.05±0.01 h[13]
0.034±0.001[11]
0.035±0.003[14]
0.0382±0.0057[10]
0.05±0.03[9]
0.05±0.04[8]
0.0512±0.007[7]
0.052±0.006[6]
Tholen = S[1][4]
B–V = 0.853[1]
U–B = 0.398[1]
9.51±0.24[15] · 9.64[8] · 9.71[1][4][6][7][9][10][11]

1306 Scythia, provisional designation 1930 OB, is a dark Ursula asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 72 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 July 1930, by Soviet astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.[16] The asteroid was named for the historic region of Scythia.

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