425 Cornelia

425 Cornelia
	Modelled shape of Cornelia from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	28 December 1896
Designations
MPC designation	(425) Cornelia
Pronunciation	/kɔːrˈniːliə/
Alternative designations	1896 DC
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	115.49 yr (42183 d)
Aphelion	3.05934 AU (457.671 Gm)
Perihelion	2.71122 AU (405.593 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.88528 AU (431.632 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.060327
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.90 yr (1790.1 d)
Mean anomaly	65.7558°
Mean motion	0° 12m 3.978s / day
Inclination	4.04794°
Longitude of ascending node	61.0718°
Argument of perihelion	121.156°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	63.85±1.7 km
Synodic rotation period	17.505 h (0.7294 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0475±0.003
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.7

425 Cornelia is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 28 December 1896 in Nice. It is named after Cornelia Africana.^[3]

References

^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ "425 Cornelia (1896 DC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (425) Cornelia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 49. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_426. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.