841 Arabella is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.[2] Its rotation period is 3.39 hours[1]. It is named after the title character from Richard Strauss' opera Arabella.

841 Arabella
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date1 October 1916
Designations
(841) Arabella
Pronunciation/ærəˈbɛlə/
1916 AL; 1928 DJ;
1930 YQ
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.30 yr (31156 d)
Aphelion2.4129 AU (360.96 Gm)
Perihelion2.0983 AU (313.90 Gm)
2.2556 AU (337.43 Gm)
Eccentricity0.069749
3.39 yr (1237.3 d)
71.2877°
0° 17m 27.42s / day
Inclination3.7904°
354.733°
120.347°
Earth MOID1.11599 AU (166.950 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.63388 AU (394.023 Gm)
TJupiter3.618
Physical characteristics
3.352 ± 0.005 h (0.13967 ± 0.00021 d)[2]
12.92

References

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  1. ^ "841 Arabella (1916 AL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Kryszczynska, A.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. A72.
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