768 Struveana
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. N. Neujmin |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Observatory |
| Discovery date | 4 October 1913 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | (768) Struveana |
| 1913 SZ | |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (outer) Meliboea [1] |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 85.46 yr (31216 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.8037 AU (569.03 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.4799 AU (370.99 Gm) |
| 3.1418 AU (470.01 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21068 |
| 5.57 yr (2034.1 d) | |
| 139.156° | |
| 0° 10m 37.128s / day | |
| Inclination | 16.265° |
| 38.908° | |
| 16.794° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Synodic rotation period | 8.76 h (0.365 d) |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.21 |
768 Struveana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was named jointly in honor of Baltic German astronomers Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhelm von Struve and Karl Hermann Struve.
References[]
- ^ "Asteroid 768 Struveana – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "768 Struveana (1913 SZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links[]
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- 768 Struveana at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 768 Struveana at the JPL Small-Body Database
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Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Meliboea asteroids
- Discoveries by Grigory Neujmin
- Minor planets named for people
- Named minor planets
- X-type asteroids (Tholen)
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1913
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