505 Cava
Main-belt asteroid
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505 Cava is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
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A three-dimensional model of 505 Cava based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. H. Frost |
| Discovery site | Arequipa |
| Discovery date | 21 August 1902 |
| Designations | |
| (505) Cava | |
Named after | Mama Qawa, third queen of the Kingdom of Cuzco |
| 1902 LL | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.24 yr (40994 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3432 AU (500.14 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0229 AU (302.62 Gm) |
| 2.6831 AU (401.39 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.24604 |
| 4.40 yr (1605.3 d) | |
| 219.54° | |
| 0° 13m 27.336s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.8406° |
| 90.876° | |
| 337.156° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 101.51 ± 1.83 km[2] 115 km[1] |
| Mass | (3.99 ± 3.84) × 1018 kg[2] |
| 8.1789 h (0.34079 d) | |
| 0.040 | |
| 8.61 | |
In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.18 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 105 ± 17 km.[3]
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