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446 Aeternitas
Discovery A (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer M. Wolf,
A. Schwassmann
Discovery date October 27, 1899
Alternate
designations
1899 ER 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) 0.124
Semi-major axis (a) 417.217 Gm (2.789 AU)
Perihelion (q) 365.544 Gm (2.444 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 468.891 Gm (3.134 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1701.161 d (4.66 a)
Mean orbital speed 17.84 km/s
Inclination (i) 10.624°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
42.153°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
280.035°
Mean anomaly (M) 273.482°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 45.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface gravity unknown
Escape velocity unknown
Rotation period unknown
Spectral class A
Absolute magnitude 8.9
Albedo unknown
Mean surface
temperature
unknown

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The metre (American spelling: meter), symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) 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. ... James M. Cox Dayton International Airport is an airport located near Dayton, Ohio. ... A Julian year is the length of an average year in the Julian calendar, 365. ... 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A-type asteroids are inner-belt asteroids that have a strong, broad 1 µm olivine feature and a very reddish spectrum shortwards of 0. ... In astronomy, absolute magnitude is the apparent magnitude, m, an object would have if it were at a standardized distance away. ... The albedo is a measure of reflectivity of a surface or body. ... 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. ... A-type asteroids are inner-belt asteroids that have a strong, broad 1 µm olivine feature and a very reddish spectrum shortwards of 0. ...


It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg. Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 – October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer. ... Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (March 25, 1870 – January 19, 1964) was a German astronomer). ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Map of Germany showing Heidelberg Castle of Heidelberg pictured from the Old Bridge Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...



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Aeternitas: Information From Answers.com (103 words)
The goddess, on the reverse of the coin, in holding her holy animal, a phoenix.
In Roman mythology, Aeternitas was the personification of eternity.
This goddess was symbolized by a phoenix or a worm/snake biting its own tail, wrapped up in a circle (an Ouroboros).
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