497 Iva

Iva (minor planet designation: 497 Iva) is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun, not to be confused with 1627 Ivar.

497 Iva
Modelled shape of Iva from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered byRaymond Smith Dugan
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date4 November 1902
Designations
(497) Iva
Pronunciation/ˈvə/[1]
1902 KJ
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.45 yr (41438 d)
Aphelion3.7065 AU (554.48 Gm)
Perihelion1.9966 AU (298.69 Gm)
2.8516 AU (426.59 Gm)
Eccentricity0.29981
4.82 yr (1758.8 d)
242.202°
0° 12m 16.848s / day
Inclination4.8205°
6.3305°
3.5819°
Physical characteristics
4.620 h (0.1925 d)
10.02

    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. "497 Iva (1902 KJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.


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