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905 Universitas

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Discovered by
  
A. Schwassmann

Alternative names
  
1918 ES; 1961 WE

Aphelion
  
2.5561 AU (382.39 Gm)

Discovered
  
30 October 1918

Asteroid family
  
Flora family

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
30 October 1918

Observation arc
  
97.47 yr (35600 days)

Perihelion
  
1.8751 AU (280.51 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Hamburg Observatory

Discoverer
  
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

Similar
  
540 Rosamunde, 528 Rezia, 679 Pax, 509 Iolanda, 625 Xenia

905 Universitas is an S-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt as part of the Flora family. Its diameter is about 21 km and it has an albedo of 0.085. Its rotation period is approximately 14.2 hours.

References

905 Universitas Wikipedia