374 Burgundia is a typical main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 18 September 1893 in Nice. It was named for the former French region of Burgundy. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute).[4]

374 Burgundia
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date18 September 1893
Designations
(374) Burgundia
Pronunciation/bɜːrˈɡʌndiə/[1]
Named after
Burgundy
1893 AK
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.39 yr (41051 d)
Aphelion3.00578 AU (449.658 Gm)
Perihelion2.5566 AU (382.46 Gm)
2.7812 AU (416.06 Gm)
Eccentricity0.080763
4.64 yr (1694.1 d)
295.379°
0° 12m 45s / day
Inclination8.9881°
219.030°
25.153°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions44.67±1.3 km
6.972 h (0.2905 d)
0.3014±0.018
S
8.67,[2] 8.68[3]

Burgundia was long thought to be a member of the now defunct Ceres asteroid family, but it was found to be an unrelated interloper in that group based on its non-matching composition.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Burgundian". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "374 Burgundia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
  4. ^ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
  5. ^ Cellino, A . et al. "Spectroscopic Properties of Asteroid Families", in Asteroids III, University of Arizona Press, pp. 633-643 (2002).
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