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Minor planet (asteroid) orbiting in the Asteroid Belt

607 Jenny
Discovery
Discovered byAugust Kopff
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date18 September 1906
Designations
MPC designation(607) Jenny
Alternative designations1906 VC
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc109.51 yr (40000 d)
Aphelion3.0629 AU (458.20 Gm)
Perihelion2.6435 AU (395.46 Gm)
Semi-major axis2.8532 AU (426.83 Gm)
Eccentricity0.073505
Orbital period (sidereal)4.82 yr (1760.3 d)
Mean anomaly76.6844°
Mean motion0° 12 16.236 / day
Inclination10.109°
Longitude of ascending node285.271°
Argument of perihelion290.172°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius31.39±1.05 km
Synodic rotation period8.521 h (0.3550 d)
Geometric albedo0.0711±0.005
Absolute magnitude (H)10.0

607 Jenny is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on September 18, 1906.

Like 608 Adolfine it was named after Jenny Adolfine Kessler, a friend of the astronomer.

Photometric observations of this asteroid at Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 8.524 ± 0.005 hours and a brightness variation of 0.21 ± 0.03 in magnitude. Results reported in 2003 giving a period of 7.344 hours were deemed the result of a data ambiguity.

References

  1. Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, archived from the original on 4 March 2019, retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
  3. Warner, Brian D. (June 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - June - October 2007", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 56–60, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35...56W.

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