840 Zenobia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
840 Zenobia
Mpc Name:(840) Zenobia
Alt Names:1916 AK
Pronounced:[1]
Discovered:25 September 1916
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.099775
Semimajor:3.1322AU
Perihelion:2.8197AU
Aphelion:3.4448abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:5.54 yr (2024.8 d)
Inclination:9.9848°
Asc Node:272.773°
Arg Peri:10.358°
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[2]
Observation Arc:99.23 yr (36243 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:10.0
Rotation:5.565abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Moid:1.80367AU
Jupiter Moid:1.68787AU
Tisserand:3.182

840 Zenobia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg on September 25, 1916. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it may be named after the Slavic god of the hunt.

Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 5.565 ± 0.005 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.20 ± 0.02 magnitude.

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Notes and References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Web site: 840 Zenobia (1916 AK) . . . 4 May 2016.