Discovered 11 June 1891 | Discovery date 11 June 1891 Observation arc 113.31 yr (41387 d) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Koronis family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Aphelion 2.90489 AU (434.565 Gm) Perihelion 2.89097 AU (432.483 Gm) Similar 277 Elvira, 167 Urda, 441 Bathilde, 360 Carlova, 317 Roxane | ||
311 Claudia is a typical Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on June 11, 1891 in Nice. The name was suggested to Charlois by the amateur astronomer Arthur Mee of Cardiff, Wales, to commemorate Mee's wife, Claudia.
311 Claudia is one of the Koronis family of asteroids. A group of astronomers, including Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva and Richard P. Binzel, used observations made between 1998 through 2000 to determine the spin-vector alignment of these asteroids. The collaborative work resulted in the creation of 61 new individual rotation lightcurves to augment previous published observations.
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