Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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285 Regina | |
Discovered: | 3 August 1889 |
Mpc Name: | (285) Regina |
Alt Names: | A889 PA, 1911 QJ |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 3.08335AU |
Perihelion: | 2.4454AU |
Aphelion: | 3.7213abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.20690 |
Period: | 5.41 yr (1977.6 d) |
Inclination: | 17.6192° |
Asc Node: | 311.385° |
Arg Peri: | 14.4439° |
Avg Speed: | 16.97 km/s |
Rotation: | 9.542abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 10.7 |
Single Temperature: | unknown |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Observation Arc: | 104.63 yr (38215 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
285 Regina is a typical, although fairly large, Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 3 August 1889 in Nice, France. The asteroid is a suspected interloper in the Eucharis asteroid family.
Analysis of the asteroid light curve generated from photometric data collected during 2008 show a rotation period of with a brightness variation of in magnitude.