(784) Pickeringia

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Asteroid
(784) Pickeringia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0979  AU
eccentricity 0.2411
Perihelion - aphelion 2.351 AU - 3.8447 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.284 °
Sidereal period 5,453 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.92 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 89.4 km
Albedo 0.0555
Rotation period 13 h
Absolute brightness 9.295 likes
history
Explorer JH Metcalf
Date of discovery 1914
Another name 1914 UM
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(784) Pickeringia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 20 March 1914 by American astronomer Joel H. Metcalf in Winchester was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the American astronomers Edward Charles Pickering and William Henry Pickering .

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