824 Anastasia

824 Anastasia
Discovery
Discovered by G. N. Neujmin
Discovery site Simeis
Discovery date 25 March 1916
Designations
1916 ZH
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 102.13 yr (37302 d)
Aphelion 3.1761 AU (475.14 Gm)
Perihelion 2.4106 AU (360.62 Gm)
2.7934 AU (417.89 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.13702
4.67 yr (1705.3 d)
85.1285°
 12m 39.996s / day
Inclination 8.1258°
141.401°
142.050°
Earth MOID 1.40012 AU (209.455 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.0096 AU (300.63 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.300
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
17.07±2.55 km
250 h (10 d)
0.1039±0.040
10.41

    824 Anastasia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It is approximately 34.14 km in diameter.[1] It was discovered on March 25, 1916 by Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory in Russian Empire.[1][2] It is named in memory of Anastasia Semenoff, an acquaintance of the discoverer.[3]

    Occultation

    On April 6, 2010, 824 Anastasia had the distinction of causing the brightest asteroid occultation ever predicted for North America for an asteroid of its size. The asteroid occulted the naked-eye star ζ Ophiuchi over a path stretching from the Los Angeles area to Edmonton, Alberta.[4][5][6]

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