467 Laura

Laura (minor planet designation: 467 Laura) (1901 FY) is Main-belt asteroid discovered on 9 January 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. The semi-major axis of the orbit of 467 Laura lies just inside the 7/3 Kirkwood gap, located at 2.95 AU.[3] It's named after the character Laura from Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda.

467 Laura
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Observatory
Discovery date9 January 1901
Designations
(467) Laura
Pronunciation/ˈlɔːrə/[1]
Italian: [ˈlaura]
1901 FY; 1954 OE; A924 RG
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc115.03 yr (42015 d)
Aphelion3.26446 AU (488.356 Gm)
Perihelion2.62441 AU (392.606 Gm)
2.94444 AU (440.482 Gm)
Eccentricity0.1086874
5.05 yr (1845.4 d)
5.2504112°
0° 11m 42.269s / day
Inclination6.43615°
322.48119°
91.31635°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions41.96±3.2 km
36.8 h (1.53 d)
0.0633±0.011
10.9

    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. "467 Laura (1901 FY)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    3. Scholl, Hans; Froeschlé, Claude (September 1975), "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 (3): 457–463, Bibcode:1975A&A....42..457S


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