740 Cantabia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Winchester, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 10 February 1913 |
| Designations | |
| 1913 QS | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 103.10 yr (37659 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3892 AU (507.02 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7145 AU (406.08 Gm) |
| 3.0519 AU (456.56 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11053 |
| 5.33 yr (1947.4 d) | |
| 133.938° | |
| 0° 11m 5.532s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.846° |
| 116.099° | |
| 47.844° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.73661 AU (259.793 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.67274 AU (250.238 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.200 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 45.45±0.85 km |
| 64.453 h (2.6855 d) | |
| 0.0552±0.002 | |
| 9.1 | |
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740 Cantabia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
Cantabia is a contraction of Cantabrigia, Latin for Cambridge, named in honor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
See also
References
- ↑ "740 Cantabia (1913 QS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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