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704 Interamnia (in'-tur-am'-nee-a, Latin Interamnium) is a very large asteroid, with an estimated diameter of 350 kilometres. Its mean distance from the Sun is 3.067 (AU). It was discovered on October 2, 1910 by Vincenzo Cerulli, and named after the Latin name for Teramo, Italy, where Cerulli worked.

Interamnia is the sixth largest known asteroid and was discovered surprisingly late for such a large object. Its mass is estimated to be 1.4% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt.

Aspects


Stationary, retrograde Opposition Minimum distance (AU) Maximum brightness (mag) Stationary, prograde Conjunction to Sun
04. April 2005 29. May 2005 2,29868 AE 10,8 mag 20. July 2005 05. January 2006
30. June 2006 26. August 2006 1,73529 AE 10,0 mag 09. Oktober 2006 25. April 2007
31. Oktober 2007 21. December 2007 1,89194 AE 9,9 mag 07. February 2008 31. July 2008
30. December 2008 02. March 2009 2,47727 AE 11,2 mag 21. April 2009 07. Oktober 2009
07. March 2010 05. May 2010 2,47320 AE 11,2 mag 22. June 2010 10. December 2010
26. May 2011 19. July 2011 1,89502 AE 10,0 mag 10. September 2011 09. March 2012
25. September 2012 14. November 2012 1,73045 AE 9,9 mag 22. December 2012 03. July 2013
09. December 2013 07. February 2014 2,30271 AE 10,8 mag 31. March 2014 14. September 2014
09. February 2015 12. April 2015 2,56289 AE 11,3 mag 29. May 2015 17. November 2015
26. April 2016 18. June 2016 2,12221 AE 10,3 mag 11. August 2016 29. January 2017
05. August 2017 01. Oktober 2017 1,68865 AE 10,0 mag 05. November 2017 29. May 2018
19. November 2018 13. January 2019 2,07275 AE 10,2 mag 06. March 2019 22. August 2019
17. January 2020 20. March 2020 2,55395 AE 11,3 mag 07. May 2020 25. Oktober 2020

Main Belt asteroids | F-type asteroids

Interamnia (Asteroid) | (704) Interamnia | 704 Interamnia | 704 Interamnia | 704 Interamnia

 

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