1238 Predappia
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | L. Volta |
Discovery site | Pino Torinese |
Discovery date | February 4, 1932 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1238 |
Named after
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Predappio |
1932 CA | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.0406123 |
Perihelion | 2.2931037 |
Eccentricity | 0.1401478 |
1590.7365402 | |
175.51146 | |
Inclination | 12.15716 |
52.03173 | |
92.50223 | |
Physical characteristics | |
Albedo | 0.0771 |
12.1[1] | |
1238 Predappia (1932 CA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1932, by L. Volta at Pino Torinese.[1] It was later named after Predappio, the village where Benito Mussolini was born.[2]
Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 8.94 ± 0.02 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.03 ± 0.01 magnitude.[3]
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