Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Elia Millosevich |
Discovery date | 12 February 1891 |
Designations | |
(303) Josephina | |
A891 CA; 1948 MA 1974 KC | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 124.85 yr (45600 d) |
Aphelion | 3.31643 AU (496.131 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.92967 AU (438.272 Gm) |
3.12305 AU (467.202 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.061920 |
5.52 yr (2015.9 d) | |
357.173° | |
0° 10m 42.892s / day | |
Inclination | 6.87269° |
344.002° | |
64.1014° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 99.29±1.9 km |
12.497 h (0.5207 d) | |
0.0594±0.002 | |
Temperature | unknown |
8.9 | |
303 Josephina is a large Main belt asteroid.[1] It was discovered by Elia Millosevich on 12 February 1891 in Rome. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was 306 Unitas.