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401 Ottilia

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Discovered by
  
Max Wolf

Alternative names
  
1895 BT

Observation arc
  
121.08 yr (44225 d)

Inclination
  
5.9715°

Discoverer
  
Max Wolf

Discovery date
  
16 March 1895

Minor planet category
  
Main belt (Cybele)

Discovered
  
16 March 1895

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Cybele asteroid

Aphelion
  
3.46736 AU (518.710 Gm)

Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Similar
  
417 Suevia, 509 Iolanda, 528 Rezia, 499 Venusia, 351 Yrsa

401 Ottilia is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 16, 1895, in Heidelberg.

The semi-major axis of the orbit of 401 Ottilia lies just outside the 2/1 Kirkwood gap, located at 3.27 AU.

References

401 Ottilia Wikipedia