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435 Ella

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435 Ella
A three-dimensional model of 435 Ella based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
A. Schwassmann
Discovery date11 September 1898
Designations
(435) Ella
1898 DS
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc117.60 yr (42955 d)
Aphelion2.8297 AU (423.32 Gm)
Perihelion2.0688 AU (309.49 Gm)
2.4492 AU (366.40 Gm)
Eccentricity0.15533
3.83 yr (1400.1 d)
265.450°
0° 15m 25.668s / day
Inclination1.8168°
23.192°
333.682°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions41.49±1.5 km
4.623 h (0.1926 d)
0.0831±0.006
10.23

435 Ella is a typical Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 11 September 1898 in Heidelberg. This is the eponymous member of a proposed asteroid family with at least 15 members.[2]

Photometric observations during 1995 show a rotation period of 4.264 hours. 435 Ella is classified as a DCX-type asteroid.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "435 Ella (1898 DS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ^ Bendjoya, P. (November 1993), "A Classification of 6479 Asteroids Into Families by Means of the Wavelet Clustering Method", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 102 (1): 25, Bibcode:1993A&AS..102...25B.
  3. ^ Piironen, J.; et al. (March 1998), "Physical studies of asteroids. XXXII. Rotation periods and UBVRI-colours for selected asteroids", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 128 (3): 525–540, Bibcode:1998A&AS..128..525P, doi:10.1051/aas:1998393.
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