| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Luigi Carnera |
| Discovery date | 11 July 1901 |
| Designations | |
| (472) Roma | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈroʊmə/[2] |
| 1901 GP | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.55 yr (41838 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.7825 AU (416.26 Gm) (Q) |
| Perihelion | 2.3049 AU (344.81 Gm) (q) |
| 2.5437 AU (380.53 Gm) (a) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.093876 (e) |
| 4.06yr (1481.8d) | |
| 14.044° (M) | |
| 0° 14m 34.62s / day (n) | |
| Inclination | 15.803° (i) |
| 127.177° (Ω) | |
| 295.56° (ω) | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 47.27±3.4 km[1] |
| 9.8007 h (0.40836 d) | |
| 9.8007 ± 0.0009 h[3] | |
| 0.2138±0.034[1] | |
| 8.92[1] | |
472 Roma is anasteroid. It was discovered byLuigi Carnera on July 11, 1901. Its provisional name was1901 GP. This asteroid was named byAntonio Abetti for the city ofRome inItaly, thenative country of its discoverer.[4]
At 21:57 UT, on Thursday, July 8, 2010, this 50 km wide asteroid occulted the starDelta Ophiuchi in an event lasting about five seconds. The occultation path crossed central Europe along a band that ran through Stockholm, Copenhagen, Bremen, Nantes and Bilbao.
This is a member of the dynamicMaria family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[5]
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