921 Jovita

921 Jovita
Discovery [1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date4 September 1919
Designations
(921) Jovita
Named after
Name picked from the almanac
Lahrer Hinkender Bote [2][3]
A919 RD · 1919 FV
1976 WM
main-belt [1][4] · (outer)
background [5][6]
Orbital characteristics [4]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc100.34 yr (36,649 d)
Aphelion3.7546 AU
Perihelion2.5844 AU
3.1695 AU
Eccentricity0.1846
5.64 yr (2,061 d)
331.19°
0° 10m 28.92s / day
Inclination16.336°
204.91°
70.912°
Physical characteristics
  • 55.312±0.200 km[7]
  • 58.48±2.4 km[8]
  • 60.71±0.97 km[9]
15.64±0.02 h[10][a]
  • 0.075±0.018[7]
  • 0.0297±0.003[8]
  • 0.028±0.001[9]
10.0[1][4]

921 Jovita (prov. designation: A919 RD or 1919 FV) is a dark background asteroid, approximately 58 kilometers (36 miles) in diameter, located in the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 4 September 1919, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The carbonaceous C-type asteroid (Ch) has a rotation period of 15.6 hours and is likely spherical in shape. It was named "Jovita", a common German female name unrelated to the discoverer's contemporaries, that was taken from the almanac Lahrer Hinkender Bote.[2][3]

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