526 Jena
_Jena.png) Modelled shape of Jena from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 14 March 1904 |
| Designations | |
| (526) Jena | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɛnə/,[1] German: [ˈjeːnaː] |
| 1904 NQ | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.05 yr (40927 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.5421 AU (529.89 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7014 AU (404.12 Gm) |
| 3.1218 AU (467.01 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13464 |
| 5.52 yr (2014.7 d) | |
| 174.835° | |
| 0° 10m 43.284s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.1735° |
| 137.776° | |
| 357.408° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 20.745±1 km | |
| 9.474 h (0.3948 d) | |
| 0.0877±0.009 | |
| 10.17 | |
526 Jena is a Themistian asteroid. It was discovered in Heidelberg by the German astronomer Max Wolf on 14 March 1904 and named after the city of Jena.
References
[edit]- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "526 Jena (1904 NQ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- 526 Jena at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 526 Jena at the JPL Small-Body Database
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