696 Leonora

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696 Leonora
Discovery
Discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery site Taunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date10 January 1910
Designations
(696) Leonora
1910 JJ
main-belt  ·(outer)
Meliboea [1]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 95.46 yr (34866 d)
Aphelion 3.9660  AU (593.31  Gm)
Perihelion 2.3753 AU (355.34 Gm)
3.1707 AU (474.33 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.25085
5.65 yr (2062.2 d)
307.652°
0° 10m 28.452s / day
Inclination 13.036°
299.519°
104.093°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
37.88±1 km
26.8964  h (1.12068  d)
0.0773±0.004
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    References

    1. "Asteroid 696 Leonora – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
    2. "696 Leonora (1910 JJ)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (1997). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 106. ISBN   9783662066157.