904 Rockefellia

904 Rockefellia
Discovery
Discovered by	Max Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	29 October 1918
Designations
MPC designation	(904) Rockefellia
Alternative designations	1918 EO
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	97.48 yr (35603 days)
Aphelion	3.2597 AU (487.64 Gm)
Perihelion	2.7287 AU (408.21 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.9942 AU (447.93 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.088659
Orbital period	5.18 yr (1892.4 d)
Mean anomaly	272.036°
Mean motion	0° 11^m 24.828^s / day
Inclination	15.161°
Longitude of ascending node	198.137°
Argument of perihelion	251.285°
Earth MOID	1.78619 AU (267.210 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.03426 AU (304.321 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.196
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	7001293750000000000♠29.375±0.85 km
Rotation period	5.82 h (0.243 d)
Geometric albedo	6998561000000000000♠0.0561±0.003
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.4

904 Rockefellia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after American philanthropist and oil industrialist John D. Rockefeller.

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