Arnolda is not a member of any known asteroid family. It orbits the Sun in the central main belt at a distance of 1.9–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,480 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.25 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins nine days prior to its official discovery observation at Heidelberg.[13]
Physical characteristics
Arnolda is an assumed stony S-type asteroid, a very common type in the inner and in parts of the central asteroid belt.[3]
Lightcurves
In May 2005, the best-rated rotational lightcurve of Arnolda was obtained from photometric observations by Australian astronomers at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory (E09). Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 14.617 hours with a brightness variation of 0.33 magnitude (U=3).[11] Several other astronomers obtained number of lesser-rated lightcurves with a shorter period (U=n.a./1/2/3-).[9][10][a]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives a high albedo of 0.3760 and a diameter of 16.44 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.60.[3]
^ abAznar (2016): rotation period of 14.57±0.01 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.39 mag. The lightcurve has a quality code of 3-. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)
^ abcdUsui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)