470 Kilia

Kilia /ˈkɪliə/ (minor planet designation: 470 Kilia) (1901 GJ) is a 27 km main-belt asteroid discovered on 21 April 1901 by Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg, the 470th asteroid discovered. It was one of the 16 asteroid discoveries made by Carnera.

470 Kilia
Discovery
Discovered byLuigi Carnera
Discovery siteHeidelberg Observatory
Discovery date21 April 1901
Designations
MPC designation
(470) Kilia
Pronunciation/ˈkɪliə/
Named after
Kiel
Alternative designations
1901 GJ; A902 RB
Minor planet category
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Observation arc114.99 yr (42001 d)
Aphelion2.633 AU (393.9 Gm)
Perihelion2.179 AU (326.0 Gm)
Semi-major axis
2.405 AU (359.8 Gm)
Eccentricity0.0939
Orbital period (sidereal)
3.73 yr (1362.0 d)
Mean anomaly
328.947 °
Mean motion
0° 15m 51.089s / day
Inclination7.227°
Longitude of ascending node
173.225°
47.396°
Proper orbital elements
Proper semi-major axis
2.4047 AU
Proper eccentricity
0.1225
Proper inclination
0.125°
Proper mean motion
96.5229 deg / yr
Proper orbital period
3.72968 yr
(1362.267 d)
Precession of perihelion
37.748 arcsec / yr
Precession of the ascending node
-42.035 arcsec / yr
Physical characteristics
Dimensions26.39±0.7 km
Synodic rotation period
290 h (12 d)
0.2379±0.014
S
10.07

    Photometric observations of this asteroid in 2021 were used to produce a light curve showing a rotation period of 297.655±0.012 h with a brightness amplitude of 0.40±0.02 in magnitude.

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