(727) Nipponia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1912 by A. Massinger at Heidelberg.
Where Nipponia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nipponia is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 727 |
| Provisional designation | A912 CF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 32.2 km (#1,271 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Rotation period | 5.07 hours |
| Spectral type | DT |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 15.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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