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Encyclopedia > 368 Haidea
368 Haidea
Discovery A
Discoverer Auguste Charlois
Discovery date May 19, 1893
Alternate
designations
B
1893 AB
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.204
Semi-major axis (a) 459.751 Gm (3.073 AU)
Perihelion (q) 366.162 Gm (2.448 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 553.34 Gm (3.699 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1967.822 d (5.39 a)
Mean orbital speed 16.99 km/s
Inclination (i) 7.774°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
227.515°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
90.999°
Mean anomaly (M) 225.737°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 70.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface gravity unknown
Escape velocity unknown
Rotation period unknown
Spectral class PD
Absolute magnitude 9.93
Albedo (geometric) unknown
Mean surface
temperature
unknown
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It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nice. Auguste Honoré Charlois (November 26, 1864 – March 26, 1910) was a French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids while working in Nice. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Coordinates Administration Country Region Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Department Alpes-Maritimes (06) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration Nice Côte dAzur Mayor Jacques Peyrat (UMP) (since 1995) Statistics Land area¹ 71. ...

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RASNZ Occultation Section - Haidea Occultation Update (717 words)
OCCULTATION BY (368) HAIDEA - 2006 OCT 14
Note: The duration given in the line below is the interval during which the occultation shadow sweeps across the Earth - please see the minute markers on the map to determine the approximate time for your location.
On 2006 Oct 14 UT, the 70 km diameter asteroid (368) Haidea will occult a 10.5 mag star in the constellation Ophiuchus for observers along a path across southern and eastern Victoria and south-eastern New South Wales.
List of changes (5063 words)
Francisco José Sevilla - (368) Haidea negative observation, December 26th, 1998 (Carles Schnabel).
Oscar Canales Moreno - (368) Haidea negative observation, December 26th, 1998 (Carles Schnabel).
Roger Dymock - (368) Haidea clouded observation, December 26th, 1998.
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