.png) A three-dimensional model of 311 Claudia based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 11 June 1891 |
| Designations | |
| (311) Claudia | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklaʊdiə/[1] |
| Main belt (Koronis) | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 113.31 yr (41387 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.90489 AU (434.565 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.89097 AU (432.483 Gm) |
| 2.89793 AU (433.524 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0024026 |
| 4.93 yr (1801.9 d) | |
| 260.154° | |
| 0° 11m 59.24s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.22695° |
| 81.0114° | |
| 51.4007° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 24.05±1.8 km |
| 7.532 h (0.3138 d) | |
| 0.3381±0.057 | |
| 10.0 | |
311 Claudia is a typical Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 11 June 1891 in Nice.[3] The name was suggested to Charlois by the amateur astronomer Arthur Mee of Cardiff, Wales, to commemorate Mee's wife, Claudia.[4]
311 Claudia is one of the Koronis family of asteroids. A group of astronomers, including Lucy D'Escoffier Crespo da Silva and Richard P. Binzel, used observations made between 1998 through 2000 to determine the spin-vector alignment of these asteroids. The collaborative work resulted in the creation of 61 new individual rotation lightcurves to augment previous published observations.[5]
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "311 Claudia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Mee, Arthur B. P. (2 April 1910), "Astronomical Notes", Weekly Mail, p. 11, retrieved 25 August 2013
- ^ Slivan, S. M., Binzel, R. P., Crespo da Silva, L. D., Kaasalainen, M., Lyndaker, M. M., Krco, M.: "Spin vectors in the Koronis family: comprehensive results from two independent analyses of 213 rotation lightcurves",Icarus, 162, 2003, pp. 285–307.