598 Octavia

Octavia (minor planet designation: 598 Octavia) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. At 15:45 UTC on October 6, the 13.5 magnitude asteroid occulted with magnitude 8.1 TYC 1299-00020-1, and was visible in Taiwan.[3]

598 Octavia
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date13 April 1906
Designations
(598) Octavia
Pronunciation/ɒkˈtviə/[1]
1906 UC
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc108.93 yr (39785 d)
Aphelion3.4513 AU (516.31 Gm)
Perihelion2.0788 AU (310.98 Gm)
2.7651 AU (413.65 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24817
4.60 yr (1679.4 d)
163.85°
0° 12m 51.696s / day
Inclination12.211°
91.642°
291.808°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
36.165±1.95 km
10.8903 h (0.45376 d)
0.0521±0.006
9.53

    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. "598 Octavia (1906 UC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    3. "Asteroid Occultations Predictions". asteroidoccultation.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.


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