387 Aquitania

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387 Aquitania
Discovery A
Discoverer F. Courty
Discovery date March 5, 1894
Alternate
designations
B
1894 AZ
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.237
Semi-major axis (a) 409.84 Gm (2.74 AU)
Perihelion (q) 312.827 Gm (2.091 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 506.853 Gm (3.388 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1656.241 d (4.53 a)
Mean orbital speed 18.0 km/s
Inclination (i) 18.132°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
128.332°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
157.676°
Mean anomaly (M) 50.237°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 101.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface gravity unknown
Escape velocity unknown
Rotation period unknown
Spectral class S
Absolute magnitude 7.41
Albedo (geometric) unknown
Mean surface
temperature
unknown
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387 Aquitania is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.

It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894 in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.