(794) Irenaea

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Asteroid
(794) Irenaea
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1285  AU
eccentricity 0.2962
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2018 AU - 4.0551 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.415 °
Sidereal period 5,534 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.84 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 35.8 km
Albedo 0.050
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 11.301 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer J. Palisa
Date of discovery 1914
Another name 1914 VB, 1936 QK, 1947 QD
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(794) Irenaea is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 August 1914 by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the daughter Irene of the astronomer Eduard Weiss.

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