439 Ohio is a large Main belt asteroid.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. F. Coddington |
| Discovery date | 13 October 1898 |
| Designations | |
| (439) Ohio | |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ/[1] |
| 1898 EB | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.46 yr (42903 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.32739 AU (497.770 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.93686 AU (439.348 Gm) |
| 3.13212 AU (468.558 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.062342 |
| 5.54 yr (2024.7 d) | |
| 35.2583° | |
| 0° 10m 40.102s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.1544° |
| 201.562° | |
| 241.820° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 76.57±2.2 km |
| 37.46 h (1.561 d)[2] | |
| 0.0352±0.002[2] | |
| 9.83 | |
It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 13, 1898, at Mount Hamilton, California. It was first of his total of three asteroid discoveries. The object is named for the U.S. state of Ohio.[3]
References
edit- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b c "439 Ohio (1898 EB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Peebles, Curtis (2016), Asteroids: a History, Smithsonian, p. 159, ISBN 9781944466046
External links
edit- 439 Ohio at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 439 Ohio at the JPL Small-Body Database
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