Astronomical Objects Discovered in 1891 - 306 Unitas, 317 Roxane, 321 Florentina, 311 Claudia, 323 Brucia, 322 Phaeo, 308 Polyxo, 313 Chaldaea (Paperback)

Chapters: 306 Unitas, 317 Roxane, 321 Florentina, 311 Claudia, 323 Brucia, 322 Phaeo, 308 Polyxo, 313 Chaldaea, 316 Goberta, 304 Olga, 318 Magdalena, 303 Josephina, 320 Katharina, 314 Rosalia, 315 Constantia, 309 Fraternitas, 305 Gordonia, 307 Nike, 319 Leona, 310 Margarita, 312 Pierretta. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 306 Unitas is a typical main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by Elia Millosevich on March 1, 1891 in Rome. The asteroid was named by the director of the Modena Observatory in honor of the Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi. In the late 1990s, a network of astronomers worldwide gathered lightcurve data that was ultimately used to derive the spin states and shape models of 10 new asteroids, including (306) Unitas. Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center. Although 306 Unitas has an orbit similar to the Vesta family asteroids, it was found to be an unrelated interloper on the basis of its non-matching spectral type. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=152863