(768) Struveana

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Asteroid
(768) Struveana
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1499  AU
eccentricity 0.2050
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5042 AU - 3.7956 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 16.24 °
Sidereal period 5,590 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.78 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 33 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 10.21 mag
Spectral class X
history
Explorer G. N. Nikolayevich
Date of discovery October 4, 1913
Another name 1913 SZ
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(768) Struveana is an asteroid of the main belt , which on October 4, 1913 by the Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin in simeiz was discovered.

The asteroid is dedicated to the astronomers Friedrich Georg Wilhelm , Otto Wilhelm and Hermann Struve .

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