301 Bavaria
Modelled shape of Bavaria from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 16 November 1890 |
| Designations | |
| (301) Bavaria | |
| Pronunciation | /bəˈvɛəriə/ |
Named after | Bavaria |
| A890 WA; 1928 DH1 1951 FD; 1952 OF | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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) |
| 2.72528 AU (407.696 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.066652 |
| 4.50 yr (1643.3 d) | |
| 115.993° | |
| 0° 13m 8.659s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.89466° |
| 142.374° | |
| 125.469° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 54.32±3.3 km |
| 12.253 h (0.5105 d) | |
| 0.0546±0.007 | |
| 10.3 | |
301 Bavaria is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 16 November 1890 in Vienna.
301 Bavaria is classified as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid. It is spinning with a rotation period of 12.24 h.