Discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 10 February 1913 Discoverer Joel Hastings Metcalf Discovery site Winchester observatory | Discovery date 10 February 1913 Observation arc 107.00 yr (39080 d) Orbits Sun Named after Botwulf of Thorney Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1913 QT; A909 HA; 1973 GN Aphelion 2.91350 AU (435.853 Gm) Similar 958 Asplinda, 509 Iolanda, 441 Bathilde, 908 Buda, 528 Rezia | ||
741 Botolphia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 10, 1913 from Winchester. It is named after Saint Botolph, the semi-legendary founder of a 7th-century monastery that would become the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.
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