805 Hormuthia

805 Hormuthia
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg Observatory
Discovery date 17 April 1915
Designations
MPC designation (805) Hormuthia
1915 WW
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 100.85 yr (36835 d)
Aphelion 3.7899 AU (566.96 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5947 AU (388.16 Gm)
3.1923 AU (477.56 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.18720
5.70 yr (2083.3 d)
132.402°
 10m 22.08s / day
Inclination 15.728°
166.446°
132.362°
Earth MOID 1.60843 AU (240.618 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.7152 AU (256.59 Gm)
TJupiter 3.111
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
33.47±1.45 km
9.510 h (0.3963 d)
0.0465±0.004
9.82

    805 Hormuthia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. This asteroid follows an elliptical orbit through the main asteroid belt that reaches perihelion just outside the Kirkwood gap at 2.5 AU. The estimated diameter is 73 km, and it is one of the 500 largest asteroids.

    References

    1. "805 Hormuthia (1915 WW)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.


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