(916) America Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 August 1915 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis.
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Where America is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: America is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 916 |
| Provisional designation | A915 PE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 33.2 km (#1,220 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Rotation period | 37.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.816 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (748) Simeisa
- (751) Faina
- (752) Sulamitis
- (753) Tiflis
- (762) Pulcova
- (768) Struveana
- (769) Tatjana
- (779) Nina
- (780) Armenia
- (781) Kartvelia
- (787) Moskva
- (789) Lena
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