Alternative names 1916 YU Aphelion 2.8615 AU (428.07 Gm) Discovered 2 February 1916 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 2 February 1916 Observation arc 100.20 yr (36597 d) Perihelion 2.4570 AU (367.56 Gm) Absolute magnitude 10.7 | |
Similar 528 Rezia, 816 Juliana, 540 Rosamunde | ||
815 Coppelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on February 2, 1916 from Heidelberg.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Rozhen Observatory in Bulgaria during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 4.4565 hours and a brightness variation of 0.24 in magnitude. This is consistent with a period of 4.421 hours and an amplitude of 0.27 obtained during a 2006 study.
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