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270 Anahita

Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by	C. H. F. Peters
Discovery date	8 October 1887
Designations
MPC designation	(270) Anahita
Pronunciation	/ɑːnəˈhiːtə, ænə-/
Named after	Anahita
Alternative designations	A887 TA, 1926 VG
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	118.40 yr (43246 d)
Aphelion	2.5290 AU (378.33 Gm)
Perihelion	1.8692 AU (279.63 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.1991 AU (328.98 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.15003
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.26 yr (1191.2 d)
Mean anomaly	219.26°
Mean motion	0° 18 8.028 / day
Inclination	2.3667°
Longitude of ascending node	254.390°
Argument of perihelion	80.490°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	50.78±2.0 km 50.78 km
Synodic rotation period	15.06 h (0.628 d)
Geometric albedo	0.2166±0.018
Spectral type	S
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.75

270 Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8, 1887, in Clinton, New York, and was named after the Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita.

In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.92 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 47 ± 7 km.

References

1. ^ "270 Anahita". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
2. "The Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey" Archived 7 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Astron. J., 123, 1056-1085
3. Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 14 April 2015.

External links

• The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
• Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
• Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
• 270 Anahita at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 270 Anahita at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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