768 Struveana

768 Struveana
Discovery
Discovered by G. N. Neujmin
Discovery site Simeiz Observatory
Discovery date 4 October 1913
Designations
MPC designation (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°
 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.

    References

    1. "Small Bodies Data Ferret". Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
    2. "768 Struveana (1913 SZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.


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