Astronomy:696 Leonora

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696 Leonora
Discovery
Discovered byJoel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery siteTaunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date10 January 1910
Designations
(696) Leonora
1910 JJ
Minor planet categorymain-belt · (outer)
Meliboea [1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc95.46 yr (34866 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.9660 astronomical unit|AU (593.31 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.3753 AU (355.34 Gm)
3.1707 AU (474.33 Gm)
Eccentricity0.25085
Orbital period5.65 yr (2062.2 d)
Mean anomaly307.652°
Mean motion0° 10m 28.452s / day
Inclination13.036°
Longitude of ascending node299.519°
104.093°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius37.88±1 km
Rotation period26.8964 h (1.12068 d)
Geometric albedo0.0773±0.004
Absolute magnitude (H)9.4


696 Leonora is a Meliboean asteroid orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt. It was discovered 10 January 1910 by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf, at Taunton, Massachusetts. It was named by Arthur Snow of the United States Naval Observatory, who computed the orbit for the planet, after his wife, Mary Leonora Snow.[3]

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