363 Padua

363 Padua is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 17 March 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padua, near Venice, Italy.^[4]

363 Padua

Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	17 March 1893
Designations
MPC designation	(363) Padua
Pronunciation	/ˈpædjuə/[1]
Named after	Padua
Alternative designations	1893 S
Minor planet category	Main belt (Lydia)
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	121.80 yr (44489 d)
Aphelion	2.94211 AU (440.133 Gm)
Perihelion	2.55710 AU (382.537 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.74960 AU (411.334 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.070012
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.56 yr (1665.3 d)
Mean anomaly	193.817°
Mean motion	0° 12m 58.219s / day
Inclination	5.94381°
Longitude of ascending node	64.7678°
Argument of perihelion	295.490°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	97 km
Synodic rotation period	8.401 h (0.3500 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.01,[2] 8.88[3]

Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micrometre) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.^[5]

Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center.^[6]

References

1. "Padua". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
   "Padua". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
2. Yeomans, Donald K., "363 Padua", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
4. Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
5. Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
6. "Lightcurve Results". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2008.

External links

• Lightcurve plot of (363) Padua, Antelope Hills Observatory
• 363 Padua at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 363 Padua at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters