768 Struveana

768 Struveana
Discovery
Discovered by G. N. Neujmin
Discovery site Simeis
Discovery date 4 October 1913
Designations
1913 SZ
Orbital characteristics[1]
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°
 10m 37.128s / day
Inclination 16.265°
38.908°
16.794°
Earth MOID 1.49342 AU (223.412 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.63991 AU (245.327 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.115
Physical characteristics
8.76 h (0.365 d)
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.

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