505 Cava

Cava (minor planet designation: 505 Cava) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

505 Cava
A three-dimensional model of 505 Cava based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byR. H. Frost
Discovery siteArequipa
Discovery date21 August 1902
Designations
(505) Cava
Named after
Mama Qawa, third queen of the Kingdom of Cuzco
1902 LL
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.24 yr (40994 d)
Aphelion3.3432 AU (500.14 Gm)
Perihelion2.0229 AU (302.62 Gm)
2.6831 AU (401.39 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24604
4.40 yr (1605.3 d)
219.54°
0° 13m 27.336s / day
Inclination9.8406°
90.876°
337.156°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions101.51 ± 1.83 km[2]
115 km[1]
Mass(3.99 ± 3.84) × 1018 kg[2]
8.1789 h (0.34079 d)
0.040
8.61

    In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.18 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 105 ± 17 km.[3]

    References

    1. "505 Cava (1902 LL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
    2. Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
    3. Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 14 April 2015.


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