796 Sarita

796 Sarita
Discovery
Discovered by	K. Reinmuth
Discovery site	Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date	15 October 1914
Designations
MPC designation	(796) Sarita
Alternative designations	1914 VH
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	101.51 yr (37076 d)
Aphelion	3.4777 AU (520.26 Gm)
Perihelion	1.7910 AU (267.93 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.6344 AU (394.10 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.32012
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.28 yr (1561.8 d)
Mean anomaly	300.91°
Mean motion	0° 13m 49.836s / day
Inclination	19.052°
Longitude of ascending node	33.194°
Argument of perihelion	329.694°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	22.48±0.75 km
Synodic rotation period	8.1755 h (0.34065 d)
Geometric albedo	0.1966±0.013
Spectral type	XD (Tholen), M (Rivkin)
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.12

796 Sarita is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered 15 October 1914 by German astronomer Karl W. Reinmuth. This is a main belt that is orbiting at a radius of 2.63 AU with a period of 4.28 yr and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.32. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 19.052° from the plane of the ecliptic. Tholen (1989) initially classified it as type XD, although later authors treated it as an M-class body. The object's visual albedo is considered characteristic of the latter type.^[3] It has a significantly higher radar albedo than most main belt objects, which also suggests a higher metallic content.^[2]

References

^ "796 Sarita (1914 VH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Shepard, Michael K.; et al. (May 2008), "A radar survey of M- and X-class asteroids", Icarus, 195 (1): 184–205, Bibcode:2008Icar..195..184S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.032.
^ Magri, C.; et al. (December 1998), "Mainbelt Asteroids: Results of Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Observations of 37 Objects During 1980-1995", American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #30, vol. 30, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, p. 1450, Bibcode:1998DPS....30.5516M, 55, retrieved 25 September 2017.

External links

796 Sarita at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
796 Sarita at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[jpldata-1] "796 Sarita (1914 VH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

[Shepard_et_al_2008-2] Shepard, Michael K.; et al. (May 2008), "A radar survey of M- and X-class asteroids", Icarus, 195 (1): 184–205, Bibcode:2008Icar..195..184S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.032.

[Magri1998-3] Magri, C.; et al. (December 1998), "Mainbelt Asteroids: Results of Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Observations of 37 Objects During 1980-1995", American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #30, vol. 30, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, p. 1450, Bibcode:1998DPS....30.5516M, 55, retrieved 25 September 2017.

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