Raphaela
708 Raphaela
Minor planet orbiting the Sun
708 Raphaela is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
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A three-dimensional model of 708 Raphaela based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Helffrich |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 3 February 1911 |
| Designations | |
| (708) Raphaela | |
| Pronunciation | /ræfeɪˈɛlə, -faɪ-/[1] |
| 1911 LJ | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 123.34 yr (45049 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9024 AU (434.19 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.4387 AU (364.82 Gm) |
| 2.6705 AU (399.50 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.086818 |
| 4.36 yr (1594.0 d) | |
| 9.02998° | |
| 0° 13m 33.024s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.4910° |
| 355.202° | |
| 197.104° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.43803 AU (215.126 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.06007 AU (308.182 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.373 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 10.715±0.75 km |
| 20.918±0.005 h | |
| 0.2193±0.034 | |
| 10.61 | |
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Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 20.918 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.45 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3]
- "Raphaelic". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020.
- "708 Raphaela (1911 LJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.
- Lightcurve plot of 708 Raphaela, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
- 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
- 708 Raphaela at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 708 Raphaela at the JPL Small-Body Database
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