680 Genoveva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the play Genoveva by Friedrich Hebbel. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1909 GW, as W is pronounced 'v' in German, as is V in Latinate names such as 'Genoveva'.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 22 April 1909 |
| Designations | |
| (680) Genoveva | |
| 1909 GW | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.97 yr (39070 d) |
| Aphelion | 4.0692 AU (608.74 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2223 AU (332.45 Gm) |
| 3.1457 AU (470.59 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.29354 |
| 5.58 yr (2037.9 d) | |
| 23.547° | |
| 0° 10m 35.94s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.498° |
| 38.042° | |
| 245.721° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 41.96±0.7 km[1] 42.345 ± 0.855 km[2] | |
| Mass | (2.69 ± 0.04) × 1018 kg[2] |
Mean density | 8.45 ± 0.52 g/cm3[2] |
| 11.089 h (0.4620 d) | |
| 0.0474±0.002 | |
| 9.31 | |
References
edit- ^ a b "680 Genoveva (1909 GW)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
External links
edit- 680 Genoveva at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 680 Genoveva at the JPL Small-Body Database
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