| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 25 September 1916 |
| Designations | |
| (840) Zenobia | |
| Pronunciation | /zɛˈnoʊbiə/[1] |
| 1916 AK | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 99.23 yr (36243 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4448 AU (515.33 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8197 AU (421.82 Gm) |
| 3.1322 AU (468.57 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.099775 |
| 5.54yr (2024.8d) | |
| 73.117° | |
| 0° 10m 40.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.9848° |
| 272.773° | |
| 10.358° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.80367 AU (269.825 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.68787 AU (252.502 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.182 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 5.565 h (0.2319 d) | |
| 10.0 | |
840 Zenobia is aminor planet orbiting theSun. It was discovered by German astronomerMax Wolf atHeidelberg onSeptember 25,1916. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it may be named after the Slavic god of the hunt.[3]
Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory inColorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate alight curve with a period of 5.565 ± 0.005 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.20 ± 0.02magnitude.[4]
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