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668 Dora

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668 Dora
Discovery
Discovered byAugust Kopff
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date27 July 1908
Designations
(668) Dora
Pronunciation/ˈdɔːrə/[1]
1908 DO
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc107.05 yr (39099 d)
Aphelion3.4515 AU (516.34 Gm)
Perihelion2.1369 AU (319.68 Gm)
2.7942 AU (418.01 Gm)
Eccentricity0.23524
4.67 yr (1706.0 d)
22.6953°
0° 12m 39.672s / day
Inclination6.8428°
214.450°
113.302°
Physical characteristics
13.42±0.35 km
22.914 h (0.9548 d)
0.0467±0.003
12.0

668 Dora is an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1908 DO.

References

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  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ "668 Dora (1908 DO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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