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906 Repsolda

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Discovered by
  
A. Schwassmann

Alternative names
  
1918 ET

Aphelion
  
3.1427 AU (470.14 Gm)

Discovered
  
30 October 1918

Orbits
  
Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
30 October 1918

Observation arc
  
100.01 yr (36529 days)

Perihelion
  
2.6457 AU (395.79 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
9.3

Discovery site
  
906 Repsolda

Discoverer
  
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

Similar
  
528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 441 Bathilde, 417 Suevia

906 Repsolda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named for the German astronomer and fireman Johann Georg Repsold (1770–1830), who founded and ran Hamburg Observatory.

References

906 Repsolda Wikipedia


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