867 Kovacia

Minor Planet | name=867 Kovacia
discoverer=J. Palisa
discovery_date=February 25, 1917
designations=1817 BS, 1942 XF
1958 WA
category=Main belt (Hygiea family)
epoch=18 August, 2005 (JD 2453600.5)
semimajor=458.1 Gm (3.062 AU)
perihelion=397.0 Gm (2.654 AU)
aphelion=519.0 Gm (3.469 AU)
eccentricity=0.133
period=1957 d (5.36 a)
inclination=5.984°
asc_node=49.610°
arg_peri=71.605°
mean_anomaly=200.210°
speed=16.95 km/s
dimensions=24 km ^{[http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata04/simps04/diamalb.tab]}
mass=~1.0×10¹⁶ kg "(estimate)"
density=~1.4 g/cm³ "(estimate)" ^{[#Krasinsky02| [2]}
gravity=~0.0047 m/s² "(estimate)"
escape_velocity=~0.011 km/s "(estimate)"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class=B-type asteroid ^{[#MD01| [3]}
abs_mag=11.30
albedo=0.0923 ^{[#IRAS| [1]}
temperature=~159 K
"max:" 242K (-31° C)

867 Kovacia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

References

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[http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata04/simps04/diamalb.tab Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey]

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G. A. Krasinsky et al "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt", Icarus, Vol. 158, p. 98 (2002).

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T. Mothé-Diniz et al Rotationally Resolved Spectra of 10 Hygiea and a Spectroscopic Study of the Hygiea Family, Icarus, Vol. 152, p. 117 (2001).

External links

* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]