796 Sarita
796 Sarita is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Tholen (1989) initially classified it as type XD, although later authors treated it as an M-class body. The object's visual albedo is considered characteristic of the latter type.[2]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 15 October 1914 |
| Designations | |
| (796) Sarita | |
| 1914 VH | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 101.51 yr (37076 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4777 AU (520.26 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.7910 AU (267.93 Gm) |
| 2.6344 AU (394.10 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.32012 |
| 4.28 yr (1561.8 d) | |
| 300.91° | |
| 0° 13m 49.836s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.052° |
| 33.194° | |
| 329.694° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 22.48±0.75 km |
| 8.1755 h (0.34065 d) | |
| 0.1966±0.013 | |
| 9.12 | |
References
- "796 Sarita (1914 VH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- Magri, C.; et al. (December 1998), "Mainbelt Asteroids: Results of Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Observations of 37 Objects During 1980-1995", American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #30, 30, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, p. 1450, Bibcode:1998DPS....30.5516M, 55, retrieved 25 September 2017.
External links
- 796 Sarita at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 796 Sarita at the JPL Small-Body Database
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