Discovered by J. Palisa Alternative names 1911 NC, 1988 VG2 Aphelion 3.0675 AU (458.89 Gm) Discovered 21 October 1911 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 21 October 1911 Observation arc 104.39 yr (38129 d) Perihelion 1.8441 AU (275.87 Gm) Discovery site Vienna Observatory MPC designation 724 | |
Similar 242 Kriemhild, 528 Rezia, 220 Stephania, 803 Picka, 509 Iolanda | ||
724 Hapag is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt that was found by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in 1911. It was assigned a provisional name of 1911 NC, then became a lost asteroid until it was rediscovered in 1988 as 1988 VG2 by T. Hioki and N. Kawasato at Okutama, Japan.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 2011 gave a light curve with a period of 3.1305 ± 0.0001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.11 ± 0.01 in magnitude.
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