Discovery date 27 April 1919 Observation arc 85.59 yr (31263 days) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 27 April 1919 Discovery site Hamburg Observatory | |
Discovered by A. SchwassmannBergedorf Aphelion 3.6842 AU (551.15 Gm) (Q) Perihelion 2.5842 AU (386.59 Gm) (q) Discoverer Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann Similar 528 Rezia, 192 Nausikaa, 509 Iolanda, 679 Pax, 423 Diotima | ||
912 Maritima is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. Based on lightcurve studies observing Maritima over a three-month period, Maritima has a rotation period of 1332 hours. Analysis reveals a possible synodic period of 7006479520000000000♠1332±5 h. Superslow rotators, those with periods longer than a few days, are generally small asteroids. The current paradigm is that slowing of an asteroid's spin rate is the result of YORP radiation pressure, which acts on the target as the inverse square of its size and the inverse of its semi-major axis. The rotation period is less than conclusive.
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