Delia (minor planet designation: 395 Delia) is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 30 November 1894 in Nice. "Delia" is an epithet for the ancient Greco-Roman Moon goddess Artemis, for her birthplace at Delos.[4] This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.79 AU with an orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.085 and a period of 4.64 yr. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 3.35° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2]
Orbital diagram
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 30 November 1894 |
| Designations | |
| (395) Delia | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdiːliə/[1] |
Named after | Artemis Delia |
| 1894 BK | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch January 21, 2022 (JD 2459600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 89.57 yr (32,714 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.021 AU (451.9 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.550 AU (381.5 Gm) |
| 2.785 AU (416.6 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.085 |
| 4.64 yr (1,696.3 d) | |
| 277.5° | |
| 0° 12m 43.2s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| 259.3° | |
| 11.1° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 44.2±0.5 km |
| 19.681 h (0.82 d)[3] | |
| 0.033±0.004 | |
| C (Tholen) | |
| 10.38 | |
This is a dark, carbonaceous body with a low albedo of 0.03 and is classified as a C-type asteroid in the Tholen taxonomy. It has an estimated cross-section of 44.2[2] km/s and is spinning with a rotation period of 19.7 hours.[3]
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