741 Botolphia

741 Botolphia
Discovery
Discovered by	Joel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery date	February 10, 1913
Designations
Named after	Saint Botolph
Alternative names	1913 QT; A909 HA; 1973 GN
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
Aphelion	434.415 Gm (2.904 AU)
Perihelion	379.562 Gm (2.537 AU)
Semi-major axis	406.989 Gm (2.721 AU)
Eccentricity	0.067
Orbital period	1639.018 d (4.49 a)
Average orbital speed	18.04 km/s
Mean anomaly	278.037°
Inclination	8.425°
Longitude of ascending node	100.901°
Argument of perihelion	60.243°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	29.6 km
Mass	2.7×10¹⁶ kg
Mean density	2.0 g/cm³
Surface gravity	0.0083 m/s²
Escape velocity	0.0156 km/s
Rotation period	? d
Albedo	0.10?
Temperature	~169 K
Spectral type	?
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.4

741 Botolphia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 10, 1913 from Winchester. It is named after Saint Botolph, the semi-legendary founder of a 7th-century monastery that would become the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.

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