89 Julia
Encyclopedia
89 Julia is a large main-belt asteroid
. It was discovered by French
astronomer
Édouard Stephan on August 6, 1866. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries; the other was 91 Aegina
. It is believed to be named after Saint Julia of Corsica
. A stellar
occultation
by Julia was observed on December 20, 1985.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
Édouard Stephan on August 6, 1866. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries; the other was 91 Aegina
91 Aegina
91 Aegina is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface coloring is very dark and the asteroid has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by a French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan on November 4, 1866. It was his second and final asteroid discovery. The first was 89...
. It is believed to be named after Saint Julia of Corsica
Julia of Corsica
Saint Julia of Corsica , also known as Saint Julia of Carthage, and more rarely Saint Julia of Nonza, was a virgin martyr who is venerated as a Christian saint. The date of her death is most probably on or after AD 439. She, along with Saint Devota, are the patron saints of Corsica in the Roman...
. A stellar
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
occultation
Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. The word is used in astronomy . It can also refer to any situation wherein an object in the foreground blocks from view an object in the background...
by Julia was observed on December 20, 1985.
External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java)
- Ephemeris