805 Hormuthia
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.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Observatory |
| Discovery date | 17 April 1915 |
| Designations | |
| (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° | |
| 0° 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 | |
References
- "805 Hormuthia (1915 WW)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
External links
- List of 500 largest asteroids
- 805 Hormuthia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 805 Hormuthia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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