(723) Hammonia

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Asteroid
(723) Hammonia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.9925  AU
eccentricity 0.0593
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8151 AU - 3.1698 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.982 °
Sidereal period 5,177 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.22 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 35.68 km
Albedo 0.183
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 9,864 likes
Spectral class C.
history
Explorer J. Palisa
Date of discovery 1911
Another name 1911 NB, 1949 YR
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(723) Hammonia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 October 1911 by the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna was discovered.

The name of the asteroid is derived from the Latin name Hammonia for the city of Hamburg , the origin of which goes back to the Hammaburg .

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