(782) Montefiore

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Asteroid
(782) Montefiore
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.1799  AU
eccentricity 0.0387
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0957 AU - 2.2642 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.262 °
Sidereal period 3,219 a
Mean orbital velocity 20.17 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.94 km
Albedo 0.312
Rotation period 4.080 h
Absolute brightness 11,161 mag
Spectral class S.
history
Explorer J. Palisa
Date of discovery 1914
Another name 1914 UK, A911 KA
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(782) Montefiore is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 18 March 1914 by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna was discovered.

The asteroid was named after Alphonse Mayer Rothschild's wife .

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