(740) Cantabia
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Asteroid (740) Cantabia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.048 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7 AU - 3.396 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.8 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 116.2 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 48.7 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 14, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 117 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.0 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 91 km |
| Albedo | 0.06 |
| Rotation period | 64.45 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | JH Metcalf |
| Date of discovery | February 10, 1913 |
| Another name | 1913 QS, 1936 OF, 1950 CF |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(740) Cantabia is a main belt asteroid discovered by the American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf in Winchester , Massachusetts on February 10, 1913 .
The asteroid was named after a shortened form of Cantabridgia , the Latin name for Cambridge , the location of Harvard University .