(867) Kovacia
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Asteroid (867) Kovacia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0622 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1330 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6549 AU - 3.4695 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.984 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,359 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.02 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 24.04 km |
| Albedo | 0.092 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11,322 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | J. Palisa |
| Date of discovery | 1917 |
| Another name | 1917 BS, 1942 XF, 1958, WA |
| 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. | |
(867) Kovacia is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on June 20, 1917 by the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna .
The asteroid is named after Friedrich Kovacs , a medic who treated the discoverer's wife.