| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 11 September 1907 |
| Designations | |
| (648) Pippa | |
| 1907 AE | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.44 yr (39606 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.8302 AU (572.99 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5847 AU (386.67 Gm) |
| 3.2075 AU (479.84 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.19416 |
| 5.74yr (2098.2d) | |
| 327.76° | |
| 0° 10m 17.688s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.8005° |
| 291.226° | |
| 178.170° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 34.135±0.8km | |
| 9.263 h (0.3860 d) | |
| 0.0509±0.002 | |
| 9.68 | |
648 Pippa is aminor planet orbiting theSun.Photometric measurements made from the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory during 2012 gave alight curve with a period of 9.263 ± 0.001 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.31 ± 0.03 in magnitude. This is inconsistent with a period estimate of 5.2 ± 0.3 made in 2004.[2] It was named after Pippa, the title character inGerhardt Hauptmann's novelUnd Pippa tanzt.
_mathilde.jpg) | This article about an asteroid native to theasteroid belt is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |