745 Mauritia
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745 Mauritia (prov. designation: A913 EH or 1913 QX) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 March 1913, by German astronomer Franz Kaiser at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in Germany.[1] The presumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 9.9 hours. It was named after Saint Maurice, patron of the Saint Mauritius church in the city of Wiesbaden, where the discoverer was born.[3]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | F. Kaiser |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 1 March 1913 |
Designations | |
(745) Mauritia | |
Pronunciation | /mɒˈrɪʃ(i)ə/[2] |
Named after | Saint Maurice [3] (Christian martyr) |
A913 EH · 1972 BM 1913 QX | |
Orbital characteristics [4] | |
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 107.16 yr (39,139 d) |
Aphelion | 3.3943 AU |
Perihelion | 3.1332 AU |
3.2638 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0400 |
5.90 yr (2,154 d) | |
104.57° | |
0° 10m 1.92s / day | |
Inclination | 13.324° |
125.68° | |
26.747° | |
Physical characteristics | |
9.945±0.001 h[10][lower-alpha 1] | |
C (assumed)[11] | |
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