620 Drakonia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
620 Drakonia
Mpc Name:(620) Drakonia
Alt Names:1906 WE
Discovered:26 October 1906
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.13523
Semimajor:2.4356AU
Perihelion:2.1063AU
Aphelion:2.765abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:3.80 yr (1388.4 d)
Inclination:7.7394°
Asc Node:0.017298°
Arg Peri:336.486°
Rotation:5.49 h
5.487abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:85.05 yr (31065 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:11.28

620 Drakonia is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. It was discovered October 26, 1906, in Taunton, Massachusetts, by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf and given the preliminary designation 1906 WE. It may have been named for Drake University.

Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2001 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 5.49 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.56 ± 0.02 in magnitude.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 620 Drakonia (1906 WE) . . . 5 May 2016.