| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Paul Götz |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 26 July 1905 |
| Designations | |
| (568) Cheruskia | |
| Pronunciation | /kɛˈrʌskiə/,[1] German:[çeːˈʁʊskiaː] |
| 1905 QS | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.28 yr (39913 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3652 AU (503.43 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.3978 AU (358.71 Gm) |
| 2.8815 AU (431.07 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.16787 |
| 4.89yr (1786.6d) | |
| 164.09° | |
| 0° 12m 5.4s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.392° |
| 249.791° | |
| 174.386° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 43.495±0.9km | |
| 13.209 h (0.5504 d)[2][3] | |
| 0.0535±0.002 | |
| 9.5 | |
568 Cheruskia is aminor planet, specifically anasteroid orbiting in theasteroid belt that was discovered by German astronomerPaul Götz on 26 July 1905 fromHeidelberg.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory inColorado Springs, Colorado, during 2008 gave alight curve with a period of 13.209 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.01 inmagnitude. This is in disagreement with a previous study reported in 2000 that gave a period estimate of 14.654 hours.[3]
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