(830) Petropolitana Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 1916 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis.
Where Petropolitana is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Petropolitana is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 830 |
| Provisional designation | A917 YD |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 41.3 km (#935 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.215 |
| Rotation period | 39.0 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0662 |
| Inclination | 3.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 August 1916
More named asteroids discovered by G. N. Neujmin
- (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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