Minorplanet: | yes |
421 Zähringia | |
Background: |
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Discovery Ref: |   |
Discovered: | 7 September 1896 |
Mpc Name: | (421) Zähringia |
Alt Names: | 1896 CZ1949 WJ A908 OB |
Named After: | House of Zähringen  |
Orbit Ref: |   |
Epoch: | 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Observation Arc: | 112.92 yr (41,243 days) |
Perihelion: | 1.8203 AU |
Semimajor: | 2.5404 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.2834 |
Period: | 4.05 yr (1,479 days) |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 7.7854° |
Asc Node: | 187.40° |
Arg Peri: | 209.23° |
Dimensions: | km |
Rotation: | 6.42abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Spectral Type: | S   |
Abs Magnitude: | 11.78 |
421 Zähringia, provisional designation, is a stony asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 September 1896, by astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in Germany. The asteroid was named for the House of Zähringen, a medieval noble family that ruled parts of Swabia and Switzerland.
The first occultation of a star by 421 Zähringia was observed in 2021.