Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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360 Carlova | |
Discovered: | 11 March 1893 |
Mpc Name: | (360) Carlova |
Alt Names: | 1893 N |
Adjective: | Carlovian |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 3.00253AU |
Perihelion: | 2.46807AU |
Aphelion: | 3.53698abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.17800 |
Period: | 5.20 yr (1900.3 d) |
Inclination: | 11.6967° |
Asc Node: | 132.551° |
Arg Peri: | 287.862° |
Rotation: | 6.183abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 8.48 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Observation Arc: | 111.79 yr (40832 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
360 Carlova is a very large main-belt asteroid.[1] It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. The asteroid has a convex, roughly ellipsoid shape. The sidereal rotation period is 6.1873 hours with an axis of rotation along the ecliptic coordinates (l, b) = . It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 11 March 1893 in Nice.