737 Arequipa

737 Arequipa
Discovery
Discovered by	Joel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery site	Winchester, Massachusetts
Discovery date	7 December 1912
Designations
Alternative names	1912 QB
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	100.96 yr (36874 d)
Aphelion	3.2248 AU (482.42 Gm)
Perihelion	1.9562 AU (292.64 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.5905 AU (387.53 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.24485
Orbital period	4.17 yr (1522.9 d)
Mean anomaly	24.8306°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 11.004^s / day
Inclination	12.368°
Longitude of ascending node	184.672°
Argument of perihelion	134.348°
Earth MOID	0.965464 AU (144.4314 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.22459 AU (332.794 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.345
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	7001220350000000000♠22.035±0.7 km
Rotation period	7.0259 h (0.29275 d)
Geometric albedo	6999272300000000000♠0.2723±0.018
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.81

737 Arequipa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the Peruvian city of Arequipa, where Harvard's Boyden Observatory was located prior to 1927.

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