(767) Bondia

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Asteroid
(767) Bondia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1277  AU
eccentricity 0.1747
Perihelion - aphelion 2.581 AU - 3.674 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.42 °
Sidereal period 5,532 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.84 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 42 km
Rotation period ?
Absolute brightness 10.08 mag
history
Explorer JH Metcalf
Date of discovery 1913
Another name 1913 SX
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(767) Bondia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 23 September 1913 by the American astronomer Joel H. Metcalf in Winchester was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the two American astronomers William Cranch Bond and his son George Phillips Bond .