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829 Academia

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Discovered by
  
G. N. Neujmin

Alternative names
  
1916 ZY

Aphelion
  
2.8379 AU (424.54 Gm)

Discovered
  
25 August 1916

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Simeiz Observatory

Discovery date
  
25 August 1916

Observation arc
  
101.67 yr (37136 d)

Perihelion
  
2.3219 AU (347.35 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
11

Discoverer
  
Grigory Neujmin

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Similar
  
847 Agnia, 824 Anastasia, 516 Amherstia, 276 Adelheid, 441 Bathilde

829 Academia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The asteroid is roughly 44 km in diameter and has a low albedo. Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a period of 7.891 ± 0.005 hours and a brightness variation of 0.44 ± 0.02 in magnitude.

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