616 Elly

616 Elly

Discovery
Discovered by	August Kopff
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	17 October 1906
Designations
MPC designation	(616) Elly
Alternative designations	1906 VT
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	109.51 yr (39998 d)
Aphelion	2.7045 AU (404.59 Gm)
Perihelion	2.4026 AU (359.42 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.5536 AU (382.01 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.059122
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.08 yr (1490.4 d)
Mean anomaly	258.42°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 29.544^s / day
Inclination	14.960°
Longitude of ascending node	356.112°
Argument of perihelion	107.703°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	9.075±0.75 km
Synodic rotation period	5.301 ± 0.001 h[2] 5.297 h (0.2207 d)[1]
Geometric albedo	0.2866±0.053
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.68

616 Elly is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Maria family of asteroids.[2]

References

1. "616 Elly (1906 VT)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
2. Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus, 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.

External links

• Lightcurve plot of 616 Elly, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2010)
• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
• 616 Elly at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 616 Elly at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters