387 Aquitania
Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | F. Courty |
| Discovery site | Bordeaux Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 March 1894 |
| Designations | |
| (387) Aquitania | |
| Pronunciation | /ækwɪˈteɪniə/ |
Named after | Aquitaine (Roman Gallia Aquitania) |
| 1894 AZ · 1945 NA 1948 BG · 1953 EO1 | |
| main-belt · (middle) Postrema | |
| Symbol | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 123.56 yr (45,132 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3853 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0964 AU |
| 2.7409 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2351 |
| 4.54 yr (1,657 days) | |
| 330.99° | |
| 0° 13m 1.92s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.113° |
| 128.24° | |
| 157.14° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 97.33±3.42 km 100.51±2.9 km 105.06±1.34 km |
| Mass | (1.90±0.64)×1018 kg (1.453 ± 0.602/0.284)×1018 kg |
Mean density | 3.27 ± 1.11 g/cm3 3.041 ± 1.259/0.595 g/cm3 |
| 24.144 h (1.0060 d) | |
| 0.1900±0.011 | |
| Tholen = S SMASS = L B–V = 0.881 U–B = 0.449 | |
| 7.55 · 7.44±0.02 | |
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387 Aquitainia, provisional designation 1894 AZ, is a Postremian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 101 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Fernand Courty at the Bordeaux Observatory in 1894, it was named for the French region of Aquitaine, the former province of Gallia Aquitania in the ancient Roman Empire.