797 Montana

797 Montana
Discovery [1]
Discovered byH. Thiele
Discovery siteBergedorf Obs.
Discovery date17 November 1914
Designations
(797) Montana
Pronunciation/mɒnˈtænə/[2]
Named after
Bergedorf Observatory
Latin for "mountain village"[3]
1914 VR · 1953 JG
1957 MG · A898 WA
main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc101.83 yr (37,194 days)
Aphelion2.6904 AU
Perihelion2.3793 AU
2.5348 AU
Eccentricity0.0614
4.04 yr (1,474 days)
277.77°
0° 14m 39.12s / day
Inclination4.5102°
238.35°
355.40°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions19.20±0.49 km[4]
21.197±0.208[5]
21.678±0.046 km[6]
21.91±0.41 km[7]
25.41 km (calculated)[8]
4.5 h (dated)[9]
4.54619±0.00005 h[10]
4.5462±0.0004 h[11]
4.5463±0.0002 h[11]
4.55±0.01 h[12]
0.20 (assumed)[8]
0.281±0.012[7]
0.287±0.045[5]
0.2878±0.0282[6]
0.350±0.051[4]
B–V = 0.887[1]
U–B = 0.505[1]
S (Tholen)[1]
S (SMASS)[1]
10.34[1][4][6][7][8] · 10.34±0.28[13]

797 Montana, provisional designation 1914 VR, is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 November 1914, by Danish astronomer Holger Thiele at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany.[14] It was later named for the discovering observatory.[3]

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