740 Cantabia

740 Cantabia
Discovery
Discovered by	Joel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery site	Winchester, Massachusetts
Discovery date	10 February 1913
Designations
Alternative names	1913 QS
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	103.10 yr (37659 d)
Aphelion	3.3892 AU (507.02 Gm)
Perihelion	2.7145 AU (406.08 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.0519 AU (456.56 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.11053
Orbital period	5.33 yr (1947.4 d)
Mean anomaly	133.938°
Mean motion	0° 11^m 5.532^s / day
Inclination	10.846°
Longitude of ascending node	116.099°
Argument of perihelion	47.844°
Earth MOID	1.73661 AU (259.793 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.67274 AU (250.238 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.200
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	7001454500000000000♠45.45±0.85 km
Rotation period	64.453 h (2.6855 d)
Geometric albedo	6998552000000000000♠0.0552±0.002
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.1

740 Cantabia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

Cantabia is a contraction of Cantabrigia, Latin for Cambridge, named in honor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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