1103 Sequoia

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=1103 Sequoia
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=W. Baade
discovered=November 9 1928
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=December 31 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=289.280 Gm (1.934 AU)
perihelion=261.920 Gm (1.751 AU)
aphelion=316.640 Gm (2.117 AU)
eccentricity=0.095
period=982.174 d (2.69 a)
inclination=17.901°
asc_node=267.722°
arg_peri=77.864°
mean_anomaly=77.376°
avg_speed=21.37 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=E
abs_magnitude=12.25
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~200 K

1103 Sequoia is a 47km minor planet. It is a member of the Hungaria family.cite journal
author=Spratt, Christopher E.
title=The Hungaria group of minor planets
journal=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Journal (ISSN 0035-872X)
year=1990
date=April 1990
volume=84
issue=2
pages=123–131
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990JRASC..84..123S ] It was discovered by W. Baade on November 9 1928 at the Hamburg Observatory in Hamburg, Germany.

References

ee also

*List of asteroids/1001–2000

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1103 JPL Small-Body Database Browser]