(764) Gedania

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Asteroid
(764) Gedania
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1857  AU
eccentricity 0.1072
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8441 AU - 3.5272 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.073 °
Sidereal period 5,686 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.69 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 58.28 km
Albedo 0.084
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 9,422 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Franz Kaiser
Date of discovery 1913
Another name 1913 SU
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(764) Gedania is an asteroid of the main belt , which the German astronomer on 26 September 1913 Emperor Franz in Heidelberg was discovered.

The name of the asteroid corresponds to an earlier Latin name for the city of Gdansk ( Dantiscum was the other).

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