(790) Pretoria
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Asteroid (790) Pretoria |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.4093 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1506 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8957 AU - 3.9229 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 20.549 ° |
| Sidereal period | 6.295 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.13 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 170.36 km |
| Albedo | 0.038 |
| Rotation period | 10,370 h |
| Absolute brightness | 7,946 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | H. E. Wood |
| Date of discovery | 1912 |
| Another name | 1912 NW, 1970 HN |
| 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. | |
(790) Pretoria is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 16 January 1912 by the South African astronomer Harry Edwin Wood in Johannesburg was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the South African capital Pretoria .