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    Interamnia (minor planet 704)

    Interamnia
    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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