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Main-belt asteroid Not to be confused with the Solar system planet Uranus.

30 Urania
Discovery
Discovered byJ. R. Hind
Discovery dateJuly 22, 1854
Designations
MPC designation(30) Urania
Pronunciation/jʊəˈreɪniə/ yoor-AY-nee-ə
Named afterUrania
Alternative designations1948 JK
Minor planet categoryMain belt
Symbol (astrological)
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 17.0 October 2024 (JD 2460600.5)
Aphelion398.863 Gm (2.666 AU)
Perihelion309.039 Gm (2.066 AU)
Semi-major axis353.951 Gm (2.366 AU)
Eccentricity0.127
Orbital period (sidereal)1,329.308 d (3.64 a)
Mean anomaly211.291°
Inclination2.093°
Longitude of ascending node307.403°
Argument of perihelion87.100°
Earth MOID1.07287 AU
Jupiter MOID2.74597 AU
TJupiter3.536
Physical characteristics
Dimensions112 km × 84 km × 76 km (± 5 km × 5 km × 4 km)
Mean diameter88±2 km
92.787±2.040 km (NEOWISE)
94.48±5.37 km
Flattening0.32 ± 0.05
Mass(1.3±0.9)×10 kg
(1.74±0.49)×10 kg
Mean density3.7±2.7 g/cm
3.92±1.29 g/cm
Synodic rotation period13.686 h (0.5703 d)
Axial tilt72°
Pole ecliptic latitude19°±2°
Pole ecliptic longitude106°±2°
Geometric albedo0.214 (calculated)
0.192 ± 0.027
Spectral typeS
Apparent magnitude9.36 (brightest)
Absolute magnitude (H)7.59
7.57

30 Urania is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind on July 22, 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery. This object is named after Urania, the Greek Muse of astronomy. Initial orbital elements for 30 Urania were published by Wilhelm Günther, an assistant at Breslau Observatory. It is orbiting the Sun with a period of 3.64 years and is spinning on its axis once every 13.7 hours.

Based upon its spectrum, this is classified as a stony S-type asteroid. During 2000, speckle interferometry measurements from the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo in the Canary Islands were used to measure the apparent size and shape of 30 Urania. This gave cross-sectional dimensions equivalent to an ellipse with a length of 111 km and a width of 89 km, for a ratio of 0.80.

The astrological symbol for Urania is , compass calipers.

Notes

  1. ^ Composite estimate.
  2. Flattening derived from the maximum aspect ratio (c/a): f = 1 c a {\displaystyle f=1-{\frac {c}{a}}} , where (c/a) = 0.68±0.05.

References

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  4. ^ P. Vernazza et al. (2021) VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis. Astronomy & Astrophysics 54, A56
  5. ^ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73 (1): 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
  6. "EAR Derived Lightcurve Parameters, version 8", Planetary Data System Asteroid/Dust Archive, NASA, archived from the original on 13 September 2006, retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. Gunther, W. (December 2012), "Elements and ephemeris of (30) Urania", Astronomical Journal, 4 (85): 103, Bibcode:1855AJ......4..103G, doi:10.1086/100505. See Table 1.
  8. DeMeo, Francesca E.; et al. (July 2009), "An extension of the Bus asteroid taxonomy into the near-infrared" (PDF), Icarus, 202 (1): 160–180, Bibcode:2009Icar..202..160D, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.005, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014, retrieved 8 April 2013. See appendix A.
  9. Cellino, A.; et al. (April 2003), "Speckle interferometry observations of asteroids at TNG", Icarus, 162 (2): 278–284, Bibcode:2003Icar..162..278C, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.532.4091, doi:10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00006-X.
  10. Miller, Kirk (18 October 2024). "Preliminary presentation of constellation symbols" (PDF). unicode.org. The Unicode Consortium. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

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