661 Cloelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 22, 1908.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 22 February 1908 |
| Designations | |
| (661) Cloelia | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkliːliə/[1] |
| 1908 CL | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 97.95 yr (35777 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.1190 AU (466.60 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.9143 AU (435.97 Gm) |
| 3.0166 AU (451.28 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.033930 |
| 5.24 yr (1913.7 d) | |
| 248.593° | |
| 0° 11m 17.232s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.2315° |
| 335.823° | |
| 181.133° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 24.025±0.75 km |
| 5.536 h (0.2307 d) | |
| 0.1076±0.007 | |
| 9.6 | |
Cloelia is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]
The planet is named after the Ancient Roman woman Cloelia.[4] The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1908 CL.
References edit
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "661 Cloelia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, vol. 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 103. ISBN 9783662028049.
External links edit
- 661 Cloelia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 661 Cloelia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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