(785) Zwetana

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Asteroid
(785) Zwetana
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4589  AU
eccentricity 0.2107
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0276 AU - 3.1102 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.732 °
Sidereal period 4,117 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.58 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 48.54 km
Albedo 0.1245
Rotation period 8.919 h
Absolute brightness 9.233 likes
Spectral class M.
history
Explorer A. Massinger
Date of discovery 1914
Another name 1914 UN, 1929 YB, 1931 MC
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.

(785) Zwetana is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on March 30, 1914 by the German astronomer Adam Massinger in Heidelberg .

The asteroid was named after Tsvetana Popova , the daughter of K. Popov from Sofia , Bulgaria .

Further orbit parameters (December 9, 2014) are:

See also