395 Delia

395 Delia is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 30 November 1894 in Nice. "Delia" is an epithet for the ancient Greco-Roman Moon goddess Artemis, for her birthplace at Delos.^[5] This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.79 AU with an orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.085 and a period of 4.64 yr. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 3.35° to the plane of the ecliptic.^[2]

395 Delia

Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	30 November 1894
Designations
MPC designation	(395) Delia
Pronunciation	/ˈdiːliə/[1]
Named after	Artemis Delia
Alternative designations	1894 BK
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch January 21, 2022 (JD 2459600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	89.57 yr (32,714 d)
Aphelion	3.021 AU (451.9 Gm)
Perihelion	2.550 AU (381.5 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.785 AU (416.6 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.085
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.64 yr (1,696.3 d)
Mean anomaly	277.5°
Mean motion	0° 12m 43.2s / day
Inclination	3.35°
Longitude of ascending node	259.3°
Argument of perihelion	11.1°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	56±3 km[3] 55±3 km[3]
Synodic rotation period	19.681 h (0.82 d)[4]
Geometric albedo	0.033±0.004
Spectral type	C (Tholen)
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.38

This is a dark, carbonaceous body with a low albedo of 0.03 and is classified as a C-type asteroid in the Tholen taxonomy. It has an estimated cross-section of 44.2^[2] km/s and is spinning with a rotation period of 19.7 hours.^[4]