(916) America

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Asteroid
(916) America
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3653  AU
eccentricity 0.2356
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8081 AU - 2.9224 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.097 °
Sidereal period 3,638 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.37 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 33.22 km
Albedo 0.053
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 11,348 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Grigori Neujmin
Date of discovery August 7, 1915
Another name 1915 S1
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.

(916) America is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 7 August 1915 by the Russian astronomer Grigori N. Neujmin was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the continent of the same name.

See also