1444 Pannonia
Modelled shape of Pannonia from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Kulin |
| Discovery site | Konkoly Obs. |
| Discovery date | 6 January 1938 |
| Designations | |
| (1444) Pannonia | |
| Pronunciation | /pəˈnoʊniə/ |
Named after | Pannonia (ancient province) |
| 1938 AE | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 78.23 yr (28,575 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5915 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7128 AU |
| 3.1521 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1394 |
| 5.60 yr (2,044 days) | |
| 268.73° | |
| 0° 10m 33.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.761° |
| 303.33° | |
| 310.87° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 26.363±0.141 km 27.14 km (derived) 28±3 km 28.3±2.8 km 29.20±2.2 km 30.48±0.53 km 30.92±9.63 km 31.49±9.20 km | |
| 6.2±0.1 h 6.205±0.003 h 10.756±0.006 h | |
| 0.04±0.02 0.05±0.06 0.0501 (derived) 0.053±0.005 0.07±0.01 0.070±0.003 0.4748±0.081 | |
| C | |
| 9.10 · 11.10 · 11.18±0.62 · 11.30 · 11.4 · 11.7 · 11.73 | |
1444 Pannonia (prov. designation: 1938 AE) is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 29 kilometers (18 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 6 January 1938, by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. It was named after the ancient province of the Roman Empire, Pannonia.