(777) Gutemberga

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Asteroid
(777) Gutemberga
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.2296  AU
eccentricity 0.1005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9051 AU - 3.554 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.998 °
Sidereal period 5,804 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.41 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 65.56 km
Albedo 0.049
Rotation period 12.880 h
Absolute brightness 9,671 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Franz Kaiser
Date of discovery 1914
Another name 1914 TZ, 1926 EF
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(777) Gutemberga is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 24, 1914 by the German astronomer Franz Kaiser in Heidelberg .

The asteroid is named after the inventor of the printing press Johannes Gutenberg .

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