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218 Bianca
Discovery A (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer Johann Palisa
Discovery Date September 4, 1880
Alternate
Designations
n/a B (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPDes.html)
Category Main belt
Orbital Elements C (http://asteroid.lowell.edu/)
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.118
Semi-Major Axis (a) 398.918 Gm (2.667 AU)
Perihelion (q) 351.958 Gm (2.353 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 445.878 Gm (2.981 AU)
Orbital Period (P) 1590.479 d (4.35 a)
Mean Orbital Speed 18.24 km/s
Inclination (i) 15.231°
Longitude of the
Ascending Node
(Ω)
170.896°
Argument of
Perihelion
(ω)
60.97°
Mean Anomaly (M) 301.767°
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions 61.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface Gravity unknown
Escape Velocity unknown
Rotation Period 6.337 h
Spectral Class S
Absolute Magnitude 8.6
Albedo 0.174
Mean Surface
Temperature
unknown

218 Bianca is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. As an S-type asteroid, it is a mixture of silicate rock and iron-nickel metals. Johann Palisa (December 6, 1848 – May 2, 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Opava, Czech Republic (then part of the Austrian Empire). ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The provisional designation of comets and asteroids are similar to each other: they both follow a pattern set in 1925 by the Minor Planet Center of the IAU. Historical designations At first, astronomers strove to assign symbols to the minor planets: 1 Ceres a stylized sickle 2 Pallas a lozenge... Minor planet is the official term for asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects. ... The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. ... In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time for which celestial coordinates or orbital elements are specified. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Julian day or Julian day number (JDN) is the number of days that have elapsed since 12 noon Greenwich Mean Time (UT or TT) on Monday, January 1, 4713 BC (in the proleptic Julian calendar; or November 24, 4714 BC in the proleptic Gregorian calendar). ... (This page refers to eccitricity in astrodynamics. ... In geometry, the semi-major axis (also semimajor axis) a applies to ellipses and hyperbolas. ... Giga (symbol: G) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting 109, or 1 000 000 000. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... The astronomical unit (AU or au or a. ... This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. ... This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. ... The orbital period is the time it takes a planet (or another object) to make one full orbit. ... A day is any of several different units of time. ... A Julian year is the length of an average year in the Julian calendar, 365. ... The orbital speed of a body, generally a planet, a natural satellite, an artificial satellite, or a multiple star, is the speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... Inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit and is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the reference (usually planets equator or the ecliptic), stated in degrees. ... This article describes degree as a unit of angle. ... The Longitude of the ascending node () is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. ... The argument of the perihelion is one of the orbital elements describing the orbit of a planet. ... In the study of orbital dynamics the mean anomaly is a measure of time, specific to the orbiting body p, which is a multiple of 2π radians at and only at periapsis. ... Mass is a property of physical objects that, roughly speaking, measures the amount of matter they contain. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This article covers the physics of gravitation. ... Escape Velocity means two things: the term escape velocity in physics the computer game Escape Velocity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In astronomy, a rotation period is the time an astronomical object takes to complete one revolution around its rotation axis. ... The hour was originally defined in Egypt as 1/24 of a day, based on their duo-decimal numbering system (which counted finger joints on each hand). ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Approximately 17% of all known asteroids are of an S-type (for stony) composition. ... In astronomy, absolute magnitude is the apparent magnitude, m, an object would have if it were at a standardized distance away. ... This article discusses the physical or planetological property of albedo. ... Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of hot and cold; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. ... The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Approximately 17% of all known asteroids are of an S-type (for stony) composition. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metal Group, Period, Block 8 (VIIIB), 4, d Density, Hardness 7874 kg/m3, 4. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8908 kg/m³, 4. ...


It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 4, 1880 in Pola and was named after opera singer Bianca Bianchi. Johann Palisa (December 6, 1848 – May 2, 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Opava, Czech Republic (then part of the Austrian Empire). ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Pula (Italian Pola) is the largest city in Istria, Croatia, at the southern tip of that peninsula. ...


Bianca is also a moon of planet Uranus. Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Bianca (bi ANG ka) is a moon of Uranus. ... The common noun moon (not capitalized) is used to mean any natural satellite of the other planets. ... A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planētēs or wanderers) is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces no energy through nuclear fusion. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 120 kPa Hydrogen 83% Helium 15% Methane 1. ...


References

  • The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
  • Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
  • Asteroid Lightcurve Data File (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT)


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218 Bianca - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (118 words)
218 Bianca is a sizeable Main belt asteroid.
As an S-type asteroid, it is a mixture of silicate rock and iron-nickel metals.
Bianca is also a moon of planet Uranus.
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