768 Struveana

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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.

768 Struveana
Discovery
Discovered byG. N. Neujmin
Discovery siteSimeiz Observatory
Discovery date4 October 1913
Designations
(768) Struveana
1913 SZ
main-belt · (outer)
Meliboea[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.46 yr (31216 d)
Aphelion3.8037 AU (569.03 Gm)
Perihelion2.4799 AU (370.99 Gm)
3.1418 AU (470.01 Gm)
Eccentricity0.21068
5.57 yr (2034.1 d)
139.156°
0° 10m 37.128s / day
Inclination16.265°
38.908°
16.794°
Physical characteristics
8.76 h (0.365 d)
10.21

References

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  1. ^ "Asteroid 768 Struveana – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "768 Struveana (1913 SZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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