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631 Philippina

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Discovered by
  
Alternative names
  
1907 YJ

Aphelion
  
3.0226 AU (452.17 Gm)

Discovered
  
21 March 1907

Orbits
  
Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
21 March 1907

Observation arc
  
109.08 yr (39842 d)

Perihelion
  
2.5641 AU (383.58 Gm)

Inclination
  
18.917°

Discoverer
  
631 Philippina httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Similar
  
625 Xenia, 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 679 Pax, 540 Rosamunde

631 Philippina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on March 21, 1907.

Photometric of this asteroid made in 1981 gave a light curve with a period of 5.92 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 in magnitude. In 2007 lightcurve data showed that it rotates every 5.899 ± 0.001 hours.

References

631 Philippina Wikipedia


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