804 Hispania
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Comas Solá |
| Discovery date | 20 March 1915 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | (804) Hispania |
| Pronunciation | /hɪˈspeɪniə/[1][2] |
Named after | Spain |
| 1915 WT | |
| Main belt | |
| Adjectives | Hispanian[2] |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.57 yr (39655 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2343 AU (483.84 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.4418 AU (365.29 Gm) |
Semi-major axis | 2.8381 AU (424.57 Gm) |
| Eccentricity | 0.13961 |
| 4.78 yr (1746.3 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.60 km/s |
| 277.552° | |
| 0° 12m 22.104s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.395° |
| 347.611° | |
| 344.626° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.43481 AU (214.645 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.16034 AU (323.182 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.244 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 157.30 km |
Mean radius | 78.79±2.9 km[3] 74.125 ± 2.04 km[4] |
| Mass | (5.00 ± 1.78) × 1018 kg[4] 9.95×1018 |
Mean density | 2.93 ± 1.06 g/cm3[4] 4.90 g/cm³ |
Equatorial surface gravity | ~0.107m/s2 |
Equatorial escape velocity | ~129.9m/s |
| 14.845 h (0.6185 d)[3] 7.405 hr[5] | |
| 0.0520±0.004 | |
| Temperature | ~167.4K |
| P | |
| 7.84 | |
804 Hispania is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered from Barcelona (Spain) on 20 March 1915 by Josep Comas Solá (1868–1937), the first asteroid to be discovered by a Spaniard.
Hispania is a carbonaceous C-type asteroid and has a diameter of 122 kilometers according to measurements made with the W. M. Keck Observatory. This is 30% smaller than the size estimated from the IRAS observatory data. It has a size ratio of 1.16 between its major and minor axes.[6]
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b "Hispanian". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ a b c "804 Hispania (1915 WT)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Marchis, F.; et al. (November 2006), "Shape, size and multiplicity of main-belt asteroids. I. Keck Adaptive Optics survey", Icarus, 185 (1), pp. 39–63, Bibcode:2006Icar..185...39M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.001, PMC 2600456, PMID 19081813, retrieved 27 March 2013.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 804 Hispania at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 804 Hispania at the JPL Small-Body Database
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