(620) Drakonia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 1906 by J. H. Metcalf at Taunton.
Where Drakonia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Drakonia is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 620 |
| Provisional designation | A906 UO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,369 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.419 |
| Rotation period | 5.49 hours |
| Spectral type | E |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 7.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by J. H. Metcalf
- (525) Adelaide
- (581) Tauntonia
- (599) Luisa
- (600) Musa
- (602) Marianna
- (603) Timandra
- (604) Tekmessa
- (611) Valeria
- (622) Esther
- (636) Erika
- (637) Chrysothemis
- (638) Moira
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