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660 Crescentia

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Discovered by
  
Alternative names
  
1908 CC

Aphelion
  
2.8075 AU (420.00 Gm)

Discovered
  
8 January 1908

Discoverer
  
Discovery site
  
Taunton observatory

Discovery date
  
8 January 1908

Observation arc
  
106.74 yr (38987 d)

Perihelion
  
2.2581 AU (337.81 Gm)

Orbits
  
Asteroid 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.

References

660 Crescentia Wikipedia


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