(968) Petunia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 November 1921 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
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Where Petunia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Petunia is 3.13 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 968 |
| Provisional designation | A921 WJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 24.4 km (#1,735 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.233 |
| Rotation period | 61.3 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 11.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.