Discovered by J. Comas Solá Alternative names 1915 WT Observation arc 108.57 yr (39655 d) Discovered 20 March 1915 Discoverer Josep Comas i Solà Discovery site Fabra Observatory | Discovery date 20 March 1915 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.2343 AU (483.84 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Spain Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 803 Picka, 423 Diotima, 165 Loreley, 702 Alauda, 230 Athamantis | ||
804 Hispania is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered from Barcelona (Spain) on 20 March 1915 by Josep Comas Solá (1868–1937), the first asteroid to be discovered by a Spaniard.
This is a C-type carbonaceous asteroid. Measurements made with adaptive optics at the W. M. Keck Observatory put the size of this object at 122 km. This is 30% smaller than the size estimated from the IRAS observatory data. It has a size ratio of 1.16 between its major and minor axes.
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