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815 Coppelia

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815 Coppelia
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Observatory
Discovery date2 February 1916
Designations
(815) Coppelia
1916 YU
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc100.20 yr (36597 d)
Aphelion2.8615 AU (428.07 Gm)
Perihelion2.4570 AU (367.56 Gm)
2.6593 AU (397.83 Gm)
Eccentricity0.076056
4.34 yr (1583.9 d)
74.8031°
0° 13m 38.208s / day
Inclination13.864°
57.066°
59.329°
Earth MOID1.50119 AU (224.575 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.32242 AU (347.429 Gm)
TJupiter3.341
Physical characteristics
10.55 km
4.421 h (0.1842 d)[1][2]
0.2089±0.053
10.7

815 Coppelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 2 February 1916 from Heidelberg[3] named after Coppélia, a comic ballet.

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Rozhen Observatory in Bulgaria during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 4.4565 hours and a brightness variation of 0.24 in magnitude. This is consistent with a period of 4.421 hours and an amplitude of 0.27 obtained during a 2006 study.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "815 Coppelia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Radeva, V.; et al. (2011), "Rotation periods of the asteroids 55 Pandora, 78 Diana and 815 Coppelia", Bulgarian Astronomical Journal, vol. 17, pp. 133–141, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...57P.
  3. ^ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
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