766 Moguntia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 29 September 1913 at Heidelberg by German astronomer Franz Kaiser, and is named after Mainz, ancient Moguntiacum. This object is a member of the same dynamic asteroid group as 221 Eos, the Eos family.[3] It is orbiting at a distance of 3.02 AU from the Sun with a period of 5.24 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.097. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 10.1° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2]

766 Moguntia
Discovery
Discovered byFranz Kaiser
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date29 September 1913
Designations
(766) Moguntia
Pronunciation/məˈɡʌnʃiə/[1]
1913 SW
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc107.39 yr (39224 d)
Aphelion3.3100 AU (495.17 Gm)
Perihelion2.7272 AU (407.98 Gm)
3.0186 AU (451.58 Gm)
Eccentricity0.096536
5.24 yr (1915.6 d)
154.498°
0° 11m 16.548s / day
Inclination10.090°
7.8400°
71.720°
Earth MOID1.7615 AU (263.52 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.96144 AU (293.427 Gm)
TJupiter3.217
Physical characteristics
15.64±1.15 km
4.8164 h (0.20068 d)
0.1572±0.025
10.15

This is an M-type asteroid with a near infrared spectrum that is similar to CO/CV meteorites. An absorption feature at around 1 μm suggests the presence of olivine on the surface.[3] 766 Moguntia spans approximately 31.2 km in girth and is spinning with a rotation period of 4.82 hours.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ a b c "766 Moguntia (1913 SW)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Birlan, M.; et al. (November 2007), "Spectral properties of nine M-type asteroids", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 475 (2): 747–754, Bibcode:2007A&A...475..747B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077914.
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