395 Delia

395 Delia
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date30 November 1894
Designations
(395) Delia
Pronunciation/ˈdliə/[1]
Named after
Artemis Delia
1894 BK
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch January 21, 2022 (JD 2459600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc89.57 yr (32,714 d)
Aphelion3.021 AU (451.9 Gm)
Perihelion2.550 AU (381.5 Gm)
2.785 AU (416.6 Gm)
Eccentricity0.085
4.64 yr (1,696.3 d)
277.5°
0° 12m 43.2s / day
Inclination3.35°
259.3°
11.1°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions44.2±0.5 km
19.681 h (0.82 d)[3]
0.033±0.004
C (Tholen)
10.38

395 Delia is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 30 November 1894 in Nice. "Delia" is an epithet for the ancient Greco-Roman Moon goddess Artemis, for her birthplace at Delos.[4] This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.79 AU with an orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.085 and a period of 4.64 yr. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 3.35° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2]

This is a dark, carbonaceous body with a low albedo of 0.03 and is classified as a C-type asteroid in the Tholen taxonomy. It has an estimated cross-section of 44.2[2] km/s and is spinning with a rotation period of 19.7 hours.[3]

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