.png) A three-dimensional model of 519 Sylvania based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 20 October 1903 |
| Designations | |
| (519) Sylvania | |
| Pronunciation | /sɪlˈveɪniə/[1] |
| 1903 MP | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.35 yr (41035 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3071 AU (494.74 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2703 AU (339.63 Gm) |
| 2.7887 AU (417.18 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.18590 |
| 4.66 yr (1,700.9 d) | |
| 103.905° | |
| 0° 12m 41.94s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.021° |
| 44.746° | |
| 302.430° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 24.125±1.15km | |
| 17.962 h (0.7484 d) | |
| 0.1676±0.017 | |
| S | |
| 9.14 | |
519 Sylvania is aminor planet orbiting theSun in themain belt. It was discovered on 20 October 1903 by American astronomerR. S. Dugan at theHeidelberg observatory. The name is Latin forforest lands.[3] 519 Sylvania is orbiting the Sun at a distance of2.79 AU with aneccentricity (ovalness) of 0.186 and aperiod of 4.66 yr. Theorbital plane is inclined at an angle of 11.0° to theecliptic. ThisS-type (stony) asteroid has an estimated diameter of 48 km and is revolving with a period of17.962 h.[2]
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