Discovered by August Kopff Alternative names 1906 VQ Aphelion 2.9930 AU (447.75 Gm) Discovered 11 October 1906 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 11 October 1906 Observation arc 109.50 yr (39996 d) Perihelion 2.3942 AU (358.17 Gm) Inclination 7.0266° Discoverer August Kopff | |
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Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 625 Xenia, 528 Rezia, 679 Pax, 540 Rosamunde, 509 Iolanda | ||
614 Pia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt. August Kopff discovered 614 Pia on October 11, 1906 at Heidelberg, Germany.
The Name
Its name may have been inspired by the Pia Observatory at Trieste, Italy, which German astronomer Johann Nepomuk Krieger (1865–1902) named for his wife, Pia. Pia is Italian for "pious."
References
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