MPC designation 477 Observation arc 114.61 yr (41862 d) Orbits Sun | Discovery date 23 August 1901 Alternative names 1901 GR; A905 UK Discovered 23 August 1901 Spectral type B-type asteroid | |
Aphelion 2.8698979 AU (429.33061 Gm) Similar 441 Bathilde, 417 Suevia, 188 Menippe, 193 Ambrosia, 242 Kriemhild | ||
477 Italia (1901 GR) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered on August 23, 1901 by Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected in 2005 gave a provisional rotation period of 19.4189 hours and a brightness variation of about 0.2 in magnitude.
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