Thursday 16 March 2017

(695) Bella, selection of the highest quality products, at the lowest price

(695) Bella is a main belt asteroid discovered in November of 1909. It was spotted without being identified in August of 1965.

The orbit is located at the center of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.13 AU and an aphelion of 2.94 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.53 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 18 days. It has an inclination of 13.8º. It has a diameter of about 48 km.
 

Photometric observation were made during March-June of 2011.

Orbital resonance:
 7:15 with Mars (99.5%)
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14:13 with Juno (99.9%)
11:8 with Hygiea (99.8%)
8:7 with Pallas (99.7%)
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18:13 with Euphrosyne (99.9%)
8:5 with Sylvia (99.8%)
8:7 with Ceres (99.5%)



Word in Latin

The asteroid is named after the word 'bella', which in Latin means 'war'.

"Money Ball" (2011)

(695) Bella is related with the process of selecting the highest quality products, at the lowest price, like in the movie "Money Ball" (2011).

This selection process begins during the collection of the harvest and continues during the competition between distributors to restaurants, markets and supermarkets.