Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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297 Caecilia | |
Discovered: | 9 September 1890 |
Mpc Name: | (297) Caecilia |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Alt Names: | A890 RA, 1924 RA 1935 PB, 1947 SB |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 3.1633AU |
Perihelion: | 2.7117AU |
Aphelion: | 3.6149abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.14276 |
Period: | 5.63 yr (2055.0 d) |
Inclination: | 7.5526° |
Asc Node: | 332.104° |
Arg Peri: | 354.125° |
Rotation: | 4.163abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 9.1 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Observation Arc: | 115.88 yr (42326 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
297 Caecilia is a typical main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 9 September 1890 in Nice.
Photometric observations during 2003 showed a rotation period of 6.163 ± 0.004 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 in magnitude.