805 Hormuthia

805 Hormuthia
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date April 17, 1915
Designations
1915 WW
Orbital characteristics
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 3.791 AU
Perihelion 2.592 AU
3.192 AU
Eccentricity 0.188
5.702 a
159.946°
Inclination 15.718°
166.535°
133.455°

    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.

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