260 Huberta

Minor Planet | name=260 Huberta
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovery_date=October 3, 1886
designations=A906 VH, A911 ME
category=Main belt (Cybele)
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=515.313 Gm (3.445 AU)
perihelion=451.975 Gm (3.021 AU)
aphelion=578.652 Gm (3.868 AU)
eccentricity=0.123
period=2335.12 d (6.39 a)
inclination=6.444°
asc_node=165.836°
arg_peri=178.345°
mean_anomaly=186.169°
speed=16.05 km/s
dimensions=95.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=8.29 h
spectral_class=CX
abs_mag=8.97
albedo=0.051
temperature="unknown"

260 Huberta is a large asteroid orbiting near the outer edge of the Main belt. It is dark and rich in carbon.

It belongs to the Cybele group of asteroids and may have been trapped in a 4:7 orbital resonance with Jupiter.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 3, 1886 in Vienna and was named after Saint Hubertus.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]