515 Athalia

515 Athalia
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date20 September 1903
Designations
(515) Athalia
Pronunciation/æθəˈlaɪə/[2]
Named after
Athaliah
(ancient queen consort)[3]
1903 ME · 1931 TQ
1937 WO · 1937 WQ
1937 WR · 1937 YH
1953 TD · 1974 QA3
1977 CF
main-belt · (outer)
Themis [4][5]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.79 yr (41,562 days)
Aphelion3.6671 AU
Perihelion2.5797 AU
3.1234 AU
Eccentricity0.1741
5.52 yr (2,016 days)
178.72°
0° 10m 42.96s / day
Inclination2.0376°
121.11°
300.16°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions32.75±10.79 km[6]
33.47±10.06 km[7]
38.22 km (SIMPS)[4]
38.80±0.66 km[8]
39.76±1.38 km[9]
41.190±0.146 km[10]
43.0±0.2 km[11]
45.280±0.399 km[12]
10.636±0.001 h[13]
0.0278±0.0045[12]
0.031±0.006[11]
0.037±0.003[9]
0.038±0.005[8]
0.039±0.004[10]
0.0390 (SIMPS)[4]
0.06±0.03[7]
0.07±0.11[6]
Tholen = no classification possible [1]
SMASS = Cb [1]
B–V = 0.875 [1]
U–B = 0.415 [1]
10.6[11] · 10.76±0.26[14] · 10.89[6] · 11.23[1][4][7][8][9][12]

515 Athalia, provisional designation 1903 ME, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 40 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 September 1903, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[15] The asteroid was named after the ancient Judahite queen Athaliah.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: The named reference jpldata was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 'Athaliah' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference springer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference lcdb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ferret was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Nugent-2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Nugent-2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Masiero-2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference AKARI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Masiero-2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Landsman-2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference WISE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pilcher-2015f was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Veres-2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference MPC-object was invoked but never defined (see the help page).