831 Stateira Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
831 Stateira
Mpc Name:(831) Stateira
Alt Names:1916 AA; 1926 VA;
1949 SQ; 1949 UO1;
1971 KZ; 1972 RV1
Pronounced:[1]
Discovered:20 September 1916
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.14550
Semimajor:2.2125AU
Perihelion:1.8906AU
Aphelion:2.5345abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:3.29 yr (1202.1 d)
Inclination:4.8364°
Asc Node:178.081°
Arg Peri:224.935°
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[2]
Observation Arc:89.43 yr (32664 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:13.1
Rotation:4abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Moid:0.900859AU
Jupiter Moid:2.85692AU
Tisserand:3.637

831 Stateira is an asteroid belonging to the Baptistina family in the Main Belt named after Stateira, wife of Artaxerexes II.

Notes and References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Web site: 831 Stateira (1916 AA) . . . 4 May 2016.