480 Hansa

480 Hansa
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
L. Carnera
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date21 May 1901
Designations
(480) Hansa
Pronunciation/ˈhænsə/
Named after
Hanseatic League [2]
(medieval trade association)
1901 GL · A905 JA
A911 UJ
main-belt [1][3] · (middle) [4]
Hansa [5][6]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.44 yr (42,528 d)
Aphelion2.7656 AU
Perihelion2.5213 AU
2.6435 AU
Eccentricity0.0462
4.30 yr (1,570 d)
222.78°
0° 13m 45.48s / day
Inclination21.307°
237.18°
214.53°
Physical characteristics
55.94±0.58 km[7]
56.22±2.5 km[8]
65.67±20.89 km[9]
11.758 h[10]
16.12 h[11]
16.183±0.001 h[11]
16.1894±0.0005 h[12]
16.19 h[13][14]
16.22 h[15]
0.162±0.264[9]
0.2485±0.024[8]
0.254±0.007[7]
Tholen = S [3][4]
B–V = 0.854[3]
U–B = 0.439[3]
8.38[3][4][7][8]
8.51[9]

480 Hansa, provisional designation 1901 GL, is a stony asteroid and the namesake of the Hansa family located in the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 56 kilometers (35 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 21 May 1901, by astronomers Max Wolf and Luigi Carnera at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 16.19 hours and possibly an elongated shape.[4] It was named after the Hanseatic League, a medieval European trade association.[2]

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