(589) Croatia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 1906 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
Where Croatia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Croatia is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 589 |
| Provisional designation | A906 EC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 93.6 km (#276 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Rotation period | 24.9 hours |
| Spectral type | CX |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.01 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0402 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by A. Kopff
- (579) Sidonia
- (582) Olympia
- (584) Semiramis
- (585) Bilkis
- (591) Irmgard
- (593) Titania
- (595) Polyxena
- (596) Scheila
- (606) Brangane
- (607) Jenny
- (608) Adolfine
- (612) Veronika
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