1380 Volodia
Modelled shape of Volodia from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Boyer |
| Discovery site | Algiers Obs. |
| Discovery date | 16 March 1936 |
| Designations | |
| (1380) Volodia | |
Named after | Vladimir Vesselovsky (newborn on discovery) |
| 1936 FM | |
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| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 80.65 yr (29,456 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4753 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8314 AU |
| 3.1533 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1021 |
| 5.60 yr (2,045 days) | |
| 124.10° | |
| 0° 10m 33.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.408° |
| 359.07° | |
| 247.31° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 21.188±0.289 km 21.76±1.03 km 23.266±0.190 km | |
| 8 h | |
| 0.0749±0.0148 0.078±0.018 0.090±0.017 | |
| D (SDSS-MOC) | |
| 11.6 · 11.70 · 11.8 | |
1380 Volodia (prov. designation: 1936 FM) is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 16 March 1936, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at the North African Algiers Observatory in Algeria. Five nights later, Volodia was independently discovered by Eugène Delporte at Uccle in Belgium. The dark D-type asteroid has a rotation period of 8 hours and measures approximately 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter.