Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1896 CO Observation arc 116.21 yr (42447 d) Discovered 7 February 1896 Discoverer Max Wolf | Discovery date 7 February 1896 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.6320 AU (543.34 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Named after Electoral Palatinate of the Rhine Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 417 Suevia, 528 Rezia, 484 Pittsburghia, 509 Iolanda, 499 Venusia | ||
Occultation by asteroid 415 palatia
415 Palatia is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on February 7, 1896 in Heidelberg.
10µ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave an overly large diameter estimate of 93 km. It has a very low radiometric albedo of 0.026 and the spectrum suggests a metal-rich enstatite composition.
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