439 Ohio

Ohio (minor planet designation: 439 Ohio) is a large Main belt asteroid.

439 Ohio
Discovery
Discovered byE. F. Coddington
Discovery date13 October 1898
Designations
(439) Ohio
Pronunciation/ˈh./[1]
1898 EB
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc117.46 yr (42903 d)
Aphelion3.32739 AU (497.770 Gm)
Perihelion2.93686 AU (439.348 Gm)
3.13212 AU (468.558 Gm)
Eccentricity0.062342
5.54 yr (2024.7 d)
35.2583°
0° 10m 40.102s / day
Inclination19.1544°
201.562°
241.820°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions76.57±2.2 km
37.46 h (1.561 d)[2]
0.0352±0.002[2]
9.83

    It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 13, 1898, at Mount Hamilton, California. It was first of his total of three asteroid discoveries.

    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. "439 Ohio (1898 EB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.


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