(668) Dora Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 July 1908 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
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Where Dora is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dora is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 668 |
| Provisional designation | A908 OH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.5 km (#2,017 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Rotation period | 22.9 hours |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.234 |
| Inclination | 6.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by A. Kopff
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- (582) Olympia
- (584) Semiramis
- (585) Bilkis
- (589) Croatia
- (591) Irmgard
- (593) Titania
- (595) Polyxena
- (596) Scheila
- (606) Brangane
- (607) Jenny
- (608) Adolfine
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