611 Valeria
Discovery
Discovered byJoel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery siteTaunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date24 September 1906
Designations
(611) Valeria
Pronunciation/vəˈlɪəriə/[1]
1906 VL
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc114.46 yr (41807 d)
Aphelion3.3397 AU (499.61 Gm)
Perihelion2.6243 AU (392.59 Gm)
2.9820 AU (446.10 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11996
5.15 yr (1880.9 d)
71.676°
0° 11m 29.04s / day
Inclination13.445°
189.431°
257.146°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
28.485±0.7 km
6.977 h (0.2907 d)[2][3]
0.1148±0.006
9.19

    611 Valeria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on September 24, 1906, from Taunton, Massachusetts.[4] The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1906 VL.[5]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2012 gave a light curve with a period of 6.977 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.08 ± 0.01 in magnitude. This result is consistent with a previous study from 2008.[3]

    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. 1 2 Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 Pilcher, Frederick (October 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 47 Aglaja, 252 Clementina, 611 Valeria, 627 Charis, and 756 Lilliana", Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 39, pp. 220–222, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..220P.
    4. "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
    5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 60, ISBN 3642297188.


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