301 Bavaria

301 Bavaria
Discovery
Discovered by	Johann Palisa
Discovery date	16 November 1890
Designations
Named after	Bavaria
Minor planet category	Main belt (Liberatrix)
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	117.42 yr (42888 d)
Aphelion	2.90693 AU (434.871 Gm)
Perihelion	2.54364 AU (380.523 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.72528 AU (407.696 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.066652
Orbital period	4.50 yr (1643.3 d)
Average orbital speed	18.04 km/s
Mean anomaly	115.993°
Mean motion	0° 13^m 8.659^s / day
Inclination	4.89466°
Longitude of ascending node	142.374°
Argument of perihelion	125.469°
Earth MOID	1.53126 AU (229.073 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.14856 AU (321.420 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.348
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	7004543200000000000♠54.32±3.3 km
Mass	unknown
Mean density	unknown
Equatorial surface gravity	unknown
Equatorial escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	12.253 h (0.5105 d)
Geometric albedo	6998546000000000000♠0.0546±0.007
Temperature	unknown
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.3

301 Bavaria is a large Main belt asteroid.^[1] It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 16, 1890 in Vienna.

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