Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1902 HT Aphelion 3.2971 AU (493.24 Gm) Discovered 3 March 1902 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 3 March 1902 Observation arc 111.53 yr (40737 d) Perihelion 2.7064 AU (404.87 Gm) Absolute magnitude 8.84 Discoverer Max Wolf | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 417 Suevia, 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 484 Pittsburghia, 540 Rosamunde | ||
482 Petrina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
Attempts to produce a light curve for this object have yielded differing synodic rotation periods, perhaps in part because the period is close to half an Earth day. Observations suggest that the pole of rotation is near the orbital plane, yielding only small light variations during certain parts of each orbit. Attempts to observe the asteroid photometrically during an optimal viewing period of the object's orbit gave a rotation period of 11.7922 ± 0.0001 h with an amplitude variation of 0.53 ± 0.05 in magnitude.
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