Discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf Alternative names 1908 CC Aphelion 2.8075 AU (420.00 Gm) Discovered 8 January 1908 Discoverer Joel Hastings Metcalf Discovery site Taunton observatory | Discovery date 8 January 1908 Observation arc 106.74 yr (38987 d) Perihelion 2.2581 AU (337.81 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Maria family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 679 Pax, 441 Bathilde | ||
660 Crescentia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on January 8, 1908.
This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.
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