| Minorplanet | yes |
|---|---|
| Background |
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| Mpc name | (680) Genoveva |
| Alt names | 1909 GW |
| Discoverer | August Kopff |
| Discovered | 22 April 1909 |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Epoch | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Eccentricity | 0.29354 |
| Semimajor | 3.1457 AU (470.59 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2223 AU (332.45 Gm) |
| Aphelion | 4.0692 AU (608.74 Gm) |
| Period | 5.58 yr (2037.9 d) |
| Inclination | 17.498° |
| Asc node | 38.042° |
| Arg peri | 245.721° |
| Mean anomaly | 23.547° |
| Mean radius | 41.96 ± 0.7 km[1] 42.345 ± 0.855 km[2] |
| Mass | (2.69 ± 0.04) × 1018 kg[2] |
| Density | 8.45 ± 0.52 g/cm3[2] |
| Mean motion | / day |
| Observation arc | 106.97 yr (39070 d) |
| Uncertainty | 0 |
| Abs magnitude | 9.31 |
| Rotation | 11.089 h |
| Albedo | 0.0474 ± 0.002 |
680 Genoveva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the play Genoveva by Friedrich Hebbel. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1909 GW, as W is pronounced 'v' in German, as is V in Latinate names such as 'Genoveva'.
References
- ^ "680 Genoveva (1909 GW)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science. Vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336. Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009 See Table 1.