(831) Stateira Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 September 1916 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.

Where Stateira is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsStateiraStateira

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stateira is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number831
Provisional designationA916 SD
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.22 km (#7,400 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.257
Rotation period861 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.0
Orbital period3.29 years
Semi-major axis2.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.89 – 2.54 au
Eccentricity0.146
Inclination4.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.900 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 20 September 1916

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