(968) Petunia
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Asteroid (968) Petunia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8672 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1341 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 12.4826 AU - 3.2518 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.6 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,855 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.59 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 27.94 km |
| Albedo | 0.2242 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 9.99 likes |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | 1921 |
| Another name | 1921 KW, 1935 QK 1 , 1948 KC |
| 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. | |
(968) Petunia is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 24, 1921 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg .
The name of the asteroid is derived from the plant genus petunias .