(648) Pippa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 1907 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
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Where Pippa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pippa is 3.55 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 648 |
| Provisional designation | A907 RN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 68.3 km (#486 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0509 |
| Rotation period | 9.26 hours |
| Spectral type | XC |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.57 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 9.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 September 1907
More named asteroids discovered by A. Kopff
- (579) Sidonia
- (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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