Interamnia (minor planet 704)
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Video of Interamnia made from six CCD images taken
on Apr. 1-2, 2003 with the Bowling Green State University 0.5-meter
telescope and CCD. On the night of observing, Interamnia had a magnitude
of 11.9 and was moving at around 0.26" per minute. © Gloria Doller
and Andy Layden |
The fifth largest main belt asteroid. It
was given the Latin name for the town in which it was discovered –
Teramo, Italy – by Vincenzo Cerulli
in 1910.
| diameter |
338 km |
| albedo |
0.06 |
| spectral class |
F |
| rotational period |
8.73 hours |
| semimajor axis |
3.062 AU |
| perihelion |
2.617 AU |
| aphelion |
3.512 AU |
| eccentricity |
0.146 |
| inclination |
17.32° |
| period |
5.36 years |
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