668 Dora

668 Dora
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 27 July 1908
Designations
MPC designation (668) Dora
1908 DO
asteroid belt, Dora family
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 107.05 yr (39099 d)
Aphelion 3.4515 AU (516.34 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1369 AU (319.68 Gm)
2.7942 AU (418.01 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.23524
4.67 yr (1706.0 d)
22.6953°
 12m 39.672s / day
Inclination 6.8428°
214.450°
113.302°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
13.42±0.35 km
22.914 h (0.9548 d)
0.0467±0.003
12.0

    668 Dora is an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.

    References

    1. "668 Dora (1908 DO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.


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