Alternative names 1906 WE Aphelion 2.7650 AU (413.64 Gm) Discovered 26 October 1906 Orbits Sun Discovery site Taunton observatory | Discovery date 26 October 1906 Observation arc 85.05 yr (31065 d) Perihelion 2.1063 AU (315.10 Gm) Absolute magnitude 11.28 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 509 Iolanda, 528 Rezia, 540 Rosamunde, 958 Asplinda, 556 Phyllis | ||
620 Drakonia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered October 26, 1906 in Taunton, Massachusetts by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf and given the preliminary designation 1906 WE. It may have been named for Drake University.
Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2001 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 5.49 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.56 ± 0.02 in magnitude.
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