491 Carina
Asteroid
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491 Carina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On Feb 8, 2018, it occulted a star in the constellation Eridanus. [3]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 3 September 1902 |
| Designations | |
| (491) Carina | |
| 1902 JQ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 113.62 yr (41501 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4709 AU (519.24 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.9118 AU (435.60 Gm) |
| 3.1914 AU (477.43 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.087591 |
| 5.70 yr (2082.4 d) | |
| 295.527° | |
| 0° 10m 22.368s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.863° |
| 175.423° | |
| 233.431° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 91.176±0.469 km[1][2] | |
| Mass | (1.353 ± 0.769/0.297)×1018 kg[2] |
Mean density | 3.408 ± 1.937/0.749 g/cm3[2] |
| 15.153 h (0.6314 d) | |
| 0.0743±0.006 | |
| 9.0 | |
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