(803) Picka

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Asteroid
(803) Picka
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1978  AU
eccentricity 0.0651
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9896 AU - 3.406 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.685 °
Sidereal period 5,718 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.66 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 46.5 km
Albedo 0.118
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 9,104 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer J. Palisa
Date of discovery 1915
Another name 1915 WS, 1952 YH
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(803) Picka is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on March 21, 1915 by the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna .

The asteroid was named after the Czech physicist Friedrich Pick .

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