505 Cava

505 Cava
A three-dimensional model of 505 Cava based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byR. H. Frost
Discovery siteArequipa
Discovery date21 August 1902
Designations
Named after
Mama Qawa, third queen of the Kingdom of Cuzco
1902 LL
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.24 yr (40994 d)
Aphelion3.3432 AU (500.14 Gm)
Perihelion2.0229 AU (302.62 Gm)
2.6831 AU (401.39 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24604
4.40 yr (1605.3 d)
219.54°
0° 13m 27.336s / day
Inclination9.8406°
90.876°
337.156°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions101.51 ± 1.83 km (composite estimate)
115 km
Mass(1.15±0.28)×1018 kg
Mean density
1.45 g/cm3
8.1789 h (0.34079 d)
0.040
8.61

505 Cava is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.18 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 105 ± 17 km.

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated from its standard gravitational parameter GM = 0.077±0.019 km3/s2.
  2. ↑ Assuming a diameter of 115 km.

References

  1. 1 2 "505 Cava (1902 LL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
  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. ↑ 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.