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362 Havnia
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date12 March 1893
Designations
(362) Havnia
Pronunciation/ˈhævniə/
Named after
Copenhagen
1893 R
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.44 yr (42,528 d)
Aphelion2.69 AU (402.27 Gm)
Perihelion2.47 AU (369.18 Gm)
2.58 AU (385.73 Gm)
Eccentricity0.042895
4.14 yr (1,512.3 d)
42.5974°
0° 14m 16.984s / day
Inclination8.06864°
27.3489°
29.6504°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions98 km
16.92 h (0.705 d)
16.919 h (0.7050 d)[2]
9.00

362 Havnia is a typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 12 March 1893 in Nice, France.

It is spinning with a rotation period of 16.92 hours. The inferred shape of this object resembles a Maclaurin spheroid.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "362 Havnia (1893 R)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Wang, Xiaobin; et al. (December 2015), "Photometric analysis for the spin parameters and shapes of asteroids (362) Havnia and (506) Marion", Planetary and Space Science, 118: 242–249, Bibcode:2015P&SS..118..242W, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.08.001
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