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703 Noëmi

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Discovered by
  
J. Palisa

Alternative names
  
1910 KT

Aphelion
  
2.4751 AU (370.27 Gm)

Discovered
  
3 October 1910

Discoverer
  
Johann Palisa

Discovery site
  
Vienna Observatory

Discovery date
  
3 October 1910

Observation arc
  
104.85 yr (38298 d)

Perihelion
  
1.8747 AU (280.45 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid family
  
Flora family

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Similar
  
242 Kriemhild, 220 Stephania, 528 Rezia, 266 Aline, 276 Adelheid

703 Noëmi is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

Introduction

It is an asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa on October 3, 1910, with an estimated diameter of 13 km. It was named for Baroness Valentine Noémi von Rothschild (1886–1969) to celebrate her engagement to Baron Sigismund von Springer (1873–1927). Noémi von Rothschild's father, Baron Rothschild, had recently donated a stereocomparator to the Vienna Observatory.

References

703 Noëmi Wikipedia