360 Carlova

360 Carlova
Lightcurve-base 3D-model of Carlova on the top with an image of the asteroid on the bottom.
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date11 March 1893
Designations
1893 N
Main belt
AdjectivesCarlovian
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc111.79 yr (40832 d)
Aphelion3.53698 AU (529.125 Gm)
Perihelion2.46807 AU (369.218 Gm)
3.00253 AU (449.172 Gm)
Eccentricity0.17800
5.20 yr (1900.3 d)
350.473°
0° 11m 21.988s / day
Inclination11.6967°
132.551°
287.862°
Physical characteristics
135±3 km
Mass(1.96±0.37)×1018 kg
Mean density
1.52±0.31 g/cm3
6.189594 h (0.2578998 d)
0.043±0.006
C
8.49

360 Carlova is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. Dust activity due to sublimation has been detected on this asteroid, suggesting the presence of water ice in its interior.

The asteroid has a convex, roughly ellipsoid shape. The sidereal rotation period is 6.1873 hours with an axis of rotation along the ecliptic coordinates (l, b) = (95°±3°, 40°±1°). It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 11 March 1893 in Nice.

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated from its standard gravitational parameter GM = 0.131±0.025 km3/s2.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "360 Carlova (1893 N)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Hanuš, J.; Viikinkoski, M.; Marchis, F.; Ďurech, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Delbo’, M.; Herald, D.; Frappa, E.; Hayamizu, T.; Kerr, S.; Preston, S.; Timerson, B.; Dunham, D.; Talbot, J. (May 2017). "Volumes and bulk densities of forty asteroids from ADAM shape modeling". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 601: A114. arXiv:1702.01996. Bibcode:2017A&A...601A.114H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629956. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 119432730.
  3. 1 2 Fuentes-Muñoz, Oscar; Farnocchia, Davide; Giorgini, Jon D.; Park, Ryan S. (1 December 2025). "Asteroid Mass Estimation by Mutual Perturbations During Close Encounters After Gaia Focused Product Release". The Astronomical Journal. 170 (6): 353. Bibcode:2025AJ....170..353F. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae0cc9. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 283347135.
  4. 1 2 Wang, Xiaobin; et al. (September 2015), "Photometric analysis for the spin and shape parameters of the C-type main-belt asteroids (171) Ophelia and (360) Carlova", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 581: 5, Bibcode:2015A&A...581A..55W, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526523, hdl:10138/224789, A55.
  5. ↑ Busarev, V. V.; et al. (December 2024). "Sublimation-Driven Dust Activity of Primitive-Type Asteroids as a Sign of the Presence of H2O Ice". Solar System Research. 58 (6): 715–731. Bibcode:2024SoSyR..58..715B. doi:10.1134/S0038094624700503.
  6. ↑ Wang, Xiao-bin; Zhang, Xi-liang (October 2006), "Determination of rotational parameters of asteroid (360) Carlova", Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics, 30 (4): 410–419, Bibcode:2006ChA&A..30..410W, doi:10.1016/j.chinastron.2006.10.007.