807 Ceraskia
Shape model of Ceraskia from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 18 April 1915 |
| Designations | |
| (807) Ceraskia | |
Named after | Vitold Cerasky (1849–1925) (Belarusian–Soviet astronomer) |
| A915 HF · 1974 QB3 A909 BK · A917 QA 1915 WY | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 111.04 yr (40,559 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2127 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8199 AU |
| 3.0163 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0651 |
| 5.24 yr (1,913 d) | |
| 91.475° | |
| 0° 11m 17.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.320° |
| 132.20° | |
| 337.21° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
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| 7.368±0.002 h | |
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807 Ceraskia (prov. designation: A915 HF or 1915 WY) is an elongated Eos asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 18 April 1915, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 7.4 hours and measures approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) in diameter. It was named after Belarusian–Soviet astronomer Vitold Cerasky (1849–1925).