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89 Julia
Main-belt asteroid
Main-belt asteroid
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| minorplanet | yes |
| background | #D6D6D6 |
| name | 89 Julia |
| image | Potw1749a Julia crop.png |
| caption | VLT-SPHERE image of Julia. The large crater Nonza, half the diameter of the asteroid, is centered on the upper left quadrant. |
| discoverer | Édouard Stephan |
| discovered | 6 August 1866 |
| mpc_name | (89) Julia |
| named_after | Julia of Corsica |
| pronounced | |
| adjective | Julian |
| mp_category | Main belt |
| epoch | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| orbit_ref | |
| semimajor | 2.55016 AU |
| perihelion | 2.08017 AU |
| aphelion | 3.0202 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.18430 |
| period | 4.07 yr (1487.5 d) |
| inclination | 16.128° |
| asc_node | 311.563° |
| arg_peri | 45.461° |
| mean_anomaly | 255.367° |
| dimensions | (89±2)×(80±1)×(62±3) km |
| flattening | 0.30 |
| mean_diameter | |
| mass | |
| density | |
| rotation | (0.4745 day) |
| spectral_type | S |
| magnitude | 8.74 to 12.61 |
| abs_magnitude | 6.37 |
| albedo | 0.216 (calculated) |
| angular_size | 0.18" to 0.052" |
| mean_motion | / day |
| observation_arc | 149.68 yr (54672 d) |
| uncertainty | 0 |
89 Julia is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 6 August 1866. This was first of his two asteroid discoveries; the other was 91 Aegina. 89 Julia is believed to be named after Saint Julia of Corsica. A stellar occultation by Julia was observed on 20 December 1985.
The spectrum of 89 Julia shows the signature of silicate rich minerals with possible indications of an abundant calcic clinopyroxene component. It is classified as an S-type asteroid. The asteroid has an estimated diameter of . Photometry from the Oakley Observatory during 2006 produced a lightcurve that indicated a sidereal rotation period of with an amplitude of in magnitude.
Nonza crater and Julian family
89 Julia is the parent body of the eponymous Julia family of asteroids. Observations of 89 Julia by the VLT's SPHERE instrument identified a 'highly probable' crater 70–80 km in diameter and deep in the southern hemisphere as the only visible possible source of the family. The crater was named Nonza by the discoverers, referring to the commune on the island of Corsica where Saint Julia was born. The excavated volume is on the order of 5,000 to . It is hypothesized an impact 30 to 120 million years ago by another body approximately 8 kilometers in diameter may have created the collisional family.
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References
References
- Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''
- Vernazza et al. (August 2018) The impact crater at the origin of the Julia family detected with VLT/SPHERE?, ''Astronomy and Astrophysics 618'', DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833477
- P. Vernazza et al. (2021) VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis. ''Astronomy & Astrophysics'' 54, A56
{{val. 0.1764. link. (2009-12-17)- "Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)".
- "ESO/VLT/SPHERE Survey of D>100km Asteroids : First Results".
- "AstDys (89) Julia Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy.
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