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972 Cohnia

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Discovered by
  
Max Wolf

Alternative names
  
1922 LK

Aphelion
  
3.7748 AU (564.70 Gm)

Discovered
  
18 January 1922

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
18 January 1922

Observation arc
  
110.24 yr (40266 days)

Perihelion
  
2.3388 AU (349.88 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
9.5

Discoverer
  
Max Wolf

Discovery site
  
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl

Similar
  
528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 417 Suevia, 540 Rosamunde, 908 Buda

972 Cohnia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, one of several such in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 18 January 1908 by a team in Heidelberg led by Max Wolf. In 2007, lightcurve data showed that Cohnia rotates every 18.472 ± 0.004 hours.

References

972 Cohnia Wikipedia