421 Zähringia

421 Zähringia
Discovery
Discovered by	M. F. Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date	7 September 1896
Designations
MPC designation	(421) Zähringia
Named after	House of Zähringen ; (medieval noble family)
Alternative designations	1896 CZ · 1949 WJ; A908 OB
Minor planet category	main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	112.92 yr (41,243 days)
Aphelion	3.2604 AU
Perihelion	1.8203 AU
Semi-major axis	2.5404 AU
Eccentricity	0.2834
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.05 yr (1,479 days)
Mean anomaly	297.47°
Mean motion	0° 14m 36.24s / day
Inclination	7.7854°
Longitude of ascending node	187.40°
Argument of perihelion	209.23°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	14.119±0.320 km
Synodic rotation period	6.42 h (0.268 d)
Geometric albedo	0.172±0.027
Spectral type	S (Tholen)
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.78

421 Zähringia, provisional designation 1896 CZ, is a stony asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 September 1896, by astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in Germany. The asteroid was named for the House of Zähringen, a medieval noble family that ruled parts of Swabia and Switzerland.^[1]^[2]

The first occultation of a star by 421 Zähringia was observed in 2021.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "421 Zahringia (1896 CZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(421) Zähringia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (421) Zähringia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 49. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_422. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 421 Zahringia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2001)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
421 Zähringia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
421 Zähringia at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[jpldata-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "421 Zahringia (1896 CZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

[springer-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(421) Zähringia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (421) Zähringia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 49. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_422. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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