(907) Rhoda

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Asteroid
(907) Rhoda
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7973  AU
eccentricity 0.1640
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3386 AU - 3.256 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 19.574 °
Sidereal period 4,679 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.81 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 62.72 km
Albedo 0.056
Rotation period 22.440 h
Absolute brightness 9.478 likes
Spectral class X
history
Explorer Max Wolf
Date of discovery 1918
Another name 1918 EU
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(907) Rhoda is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 November 1918 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg was discovered.

The asteroid bears the name of the wife of the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard .

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