| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Observatory |
| Discovery date | 17 April 1915 |
| Designations | |
| (805) Hormuthia | |
| 1915 WW | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 100.85 yr (36835 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.7899 AU (566.96 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5947 AU (388.16 Gm) |
| 3.1923 AU (477.56 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.18720 |
| 5.70yr (2083.3d) | |
| 132.402° | |
| 0° 10m 22.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.728° |
| 166.446° | |
| 132.362° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.60843 AU (240.618 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.7152 AU (256.59 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.111 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 33.47±1.45km | |
| 9.510 h (0.3963 d) | |
| 0.0465±0.004 | |
| 9.82 | |
805 Hormuthia is aminor planet orbiting theSun. This asteroid follows an elliptical orbit through the mainasteroid belt that reachesperihelion just outside theKirkwood gap at 2.5AU. Its estimated diameter is 73 km, and it is one of the 500 largest asteroids. 805 Hormuthia was discovered byMax Wolf in 1915, at theUniversity of Heidelberg.[2] The planet is named after Hormuth Kopff, the wife of astronomerAugust Kopff.[3]
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