Discovery | |
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Discovered by | G. N. Neujmin |
Discovery site | Simeiz Observatory |
Discovery date | 4 October 1913 |
Designations | |
(768) Struveana | |
1913 SZ | |
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 | |
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.
Ferret
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).