468 Lina
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 18 January 1901 |
| Designations | |
| (468) Lina | |
| Pronunciation | German: [ˈliːnaː] |
Named after | (household employee) |
| 1901 FZ · A915 PA A918 EB | |
| main-belt · Themis | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 115.81 yr (42,300 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.7509 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5136 AU |
| 3.1323 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1975 |
| 5.54 yr (2,025 days) | |
| 64.042° | |
| 0° 10m 40.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.4371° |
| 21.472° | |
| 333.20° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 58.60±14.75 km 59.7±0.5 km 59.80±0.89 km 60.238±0.518 km 63.4±12.7 km 64.592±1.981 km 66±7 km 69.34±2.5 km (IRAS:6) |
| 16.33±0.02 h 16.478±0.004 h 16.54±0.01 h | |
| 0.0430±0.003 (IRAS:6) 0.0495±0.0094 0.05±0.01 0.05±0.02 0.057±0.009 0.058 0.059±0.002 0.06±0.01 0.06±0.06 | |
| Tholen = CPF · P · CPF B–V = 0.660 U–B = 0.313 | |
| 9.61 · 9.70±0.25 · 9.77 · 9.83 | |
468 Lina, provisional designation 1901 FZ, is a dark Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 January 1901, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. The carbonaceous asteroid was named for the housemaid of the discoverer's family.