1102 Pepita
1102 Pepita, provisional designation 1928 VA, is a stony background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 39 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 November 1928, by Catalan astronomer Josep Comas i Solà at the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, Spain. It was named after the discoverer by the feminine form of his nickname. The asteroid has a rotation period of 5.1 hours.
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Pepita | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Comas Solà |
| Discovery site | Fabra Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 November 1928 |
| Designations | |
| (1102) Pepita | |
Named after | Josep Comas i Solà (discoverer himself) |
| 1928 VA · 1960 WQ A899 KB | |
| main-belt · (outer) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 86.24 yr (31,499 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4119 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7311 AU |
| 3.0715 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1108 |
| 5.38 yr (1,966 days) | |
| 267.80° | |
| 0° 10m 59.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.828° |
| 216.59° | |
| 116.55° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 30.88±1.59 km 36.632±0.378 km 39.27±2.1 km 41.02±0.74 km 41.733±0.308 km |
| 5.1±0.1 h 5.1040±0.0003 h 5.10532±0.00005 h 5.1054±0.0002 h | |
| 0.1842±0.0220 0.188±0.007 0.1991±0.023 0.229±0.054 0.322±0.058 | |
| Tholen = C SMASS = S B–V = 0.724 U–B = 0.424 | |
| 8.68±0.65 9.40 | |
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