Antonia (minor planet designation: 272 Antonia) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 4 February 1888 in Nice.

272 Antonia
A three-dimensional model of 272 Antonia based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date4 February 1888
Designations
(272) Antonia
Pronunciation/ænˈtniə/[1]
A888 CA, 1944 FE
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc97.35 yr (35557 d)
Aphelion2.8529 AU (426.79 Gm)
Perihelion2.70319 AU (404.391 Gm)
2.77805 AU (415.590 Gm)
Eccentricity0.026945
4.63 yr (1691.2 d)
307.768°
0° 12m 46.296s / day
Inclination4.4396°
37.408°
64.248°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions25.35±1.4 km
3.8548 h (0.16062 d)[2][3]
0.1443±0.017
10.7

Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, gave a light curve with a short rotation period of 3.8548 ± 0.0001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.43 ± 0.04 in magnitude.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "272 Antonia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (September 2008), "Period Determinations for 26 Proserpina, 34 Circe 74 Galatea, 143 Adria, 272 Antonia, 419 Aurelia, and 557 Violetta", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 135–138, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..135P.

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