Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 20 September 1893 |
Designations | |
(377) Campania | |
Pronunciation | /kæmˈpeɪniə/[1] |
Named after | Campania |
1893 AN | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 122.52 yr (44749 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9003 AU (433.88 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.47956 AU (370.937 Gm) |
2.68996 AU (402.412 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.078214 |
4.41 yr (1611.4 d) | |
273.255° | |
0° 13m 24.247s / day | |
Inclination | 6.6781° |
210.126° | |
196.069° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 91.05±2.0 km |
11.664 h (0.4860 d)[2] 8.507 h[3] | |
0.0592±0.003 | |
8.89 | |
377 Campania is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 20 September 1893 in Nice.
Photometric observations of this asteroid made at the Torino Observatory in Italy during 1990–1991 were used to determine a synodic rotation period of 8.507 ± 0.003 hours.[3]