768 Struveana

768 Struveana
Discovery
Discovered by	G. N. Neujmin
Discovery site	Simeis
Discovery date	4 October 1913
Designations
MPC designation	(768) Struveana
Alternative designations	1913 SZ
Orbital characteristics^[1]
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)
Semi-major axis	3.1418 AU (470.01 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.21068
Orbital period	5.57 yr (2034.1 d)
Mean anomaly	139.156°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 37.128^s / day
Inclination	16.265°
Longitude of ascending node	38.908°
Argument of perihelion	16.794°
Earth MOID	1.49342 AU (223.412 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.63991 AU (245.327 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.115
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	8.76 h (0.365 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	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

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