(784) Pickeringia
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Asteroid (784) Pickeringia |
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| 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 |
| 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. | |
(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 .