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669 Kypria

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Discovered by
  
August Kopff

Alternative names
  
1908 DQ

Aphelion
  
3.2452 AU (485.48 Gm)

Discovered
  
20 August 1908

Discoverer
  
August Kopff

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
20 August 1908

Observation arc
  
110.22 yr (40258 d)

Perihelion
  
2.7840 AU (416.48 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid family
  
Eos family

669 Kypria

Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Similar
  
528 Rezia, 679 Pax, 509 Iolanda, 625 Xenia, 417 Suevia

669 Kypria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on August 20, 1908.

This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.

References

669 Kypria Wikipedia