Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 16 July 1898 |
Designations | |
(437) Rhodia | |
Pronunciation | /roʊˈdaɪə/[1] |
Named after | Ῥόδεια Rhodeia |
1898 DP | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 117.73 yr (43,001 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9793 AU (445.70 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.79242 AU (268.142 Gm) |
2.38586 AU (356.920 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.24873 |
3.69 yr (1,346.1 d) | |
355.267° | |
0° 16m 2.82s / day | |
Inclination | 7.3442° |
263.22° | |
62.058° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 13.12±0.7 km[2] |
56 h (2.3 d) | |
0.7035±0.084[2][3] | |
10.41[2] | |
437 Rhodia is a Main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 16 July 1898 in Nice. It was named after one of the Oceanid nymphs of Greek mythology.[4] This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.39 AU with a period of 3.69 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.25. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 7.3° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2] 437 Rhodia was originally a proposed fly-by target of interest for the Rosetta mission.[5]
Analysis of the bimodal light curve generated using photometric data show a lengthy rotation period of 433.2 ± 0.5 hours (18.05 ± 0.02 days) with a brightness variation of 0.35±0.05 in magnitude. It also appears to be tumbling.[6] 437 Rhodia is classified as an E-type asteroid with a diameter of approximately 13 km. This object has the highest albedo in the IRAS dataset, with a value of 0.70±0.08.[7]
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