Bamberga discovery

B A M B E R G A

Bamberga also catalogued with number 324 is a small asteroid that it orbits between the Mars orbits and Jupiter that I could locate with the small telescope which I have, refractor of 90mm. of diameter and 1400mm. of focal length.

Bamberga has an eccentricity of 0,3379, typical one of asteroids and a greater semiaxis of 2,6844 UA, therefore, in the perihelion or point next in its orbit to the Sun is to 1.78UA, and in the aphelion or point more moved away to 3.59UA. Therefore, as you can see in the graph of down, it was also located next to the opposition with respect to the Earth and to the perihelion.

Bamberga, orbit

Bamberga has an orbital period of 4,40 years and a period of rotation of 29,43 hours. His Albedo is of 0,57, 6,82 an absolute magnitude of and a coefficient of magnitude of 0.09. However, the inclination with respect to the ecliptic of Bamberga is of 11.09º, that is to say, very elevated occurring the chance that when I located it not found in a constellation of the ecliptic but in the constellation of Perseus very next to b Persei or Algol.

Orbital inclination to Barbera

It did not turn out far from easy to locate to Bamberga in the rich field of Perseus, however, it helped the fact that much it passed the October 27^th, 2000 to less than 40 ' of arc to the south of Algol or b Persei. During year 2000, year of the discovery and Bamberga location crossed the constellations of Piscis, Aries, Perseus and Triangulum.

Bamberga during 2000

The observations for the location of Bamberga were made the nights of 27^th and 28^th of October of 2000 when it was very next to Algol. The climatologic conditions were very good, therefore, there was no excessive difficulty when finding it. Then the magnitude of Bamberga was of 8.9.

The first obervación was made to 20.14m.(UT) October 27^th of 2000 and second on the following day, 28^th to 22h.29m.(UT). In the first observation and thanks to the computer science program Guide version 7,0 I already could identify it, although the stellar field is rich in weak stars, and during the second night the displacement of Bamberga could be observed on the stellar field next to b persei.

Position of Bamberga

Therefore, the date of discovery and identification of the asteroid Bamberga or 324 it was October 27^th of 2000.

Bamberga was discovered by J. Palisa the February 25^th, 1892 in Vienna, Austria. It has a diameter of 242 km, and 0,36 " arc, its absolute magnitude is of 6,82 with a coefficient of magnitude of a 0,09 and index of 0.70 color B-V.

On the other hand, down, by means of a program in Java which I have found in the network, with the courtesy of Osamu Ajiki de AstroArts and Ron Baalke of the JPL, you can see the orbit of the asteroid as well as its distance in relation to the Sun and the Earth and its position with respect to the Solar System for any date.