(721) Tabora Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 1911 by F. Kaiser at Heidelberg.
Where Tabora is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tabora is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 721 |
| Provisional designation | A911 UM |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 86.3 km (#318 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Rotation period | 7.98 hours |
| Spectral type | D |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.4 |
| Orbital period | 6.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.13 – 3.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 8.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 October 1911
More named asteroids discovered by F. Kaiser
- (717) Wisibada
- (720) Bohlinia
- (738) Alagasta
- (742) Edisona
- (743) Eugenisis
- (745) Mauritia
- (746) Marlu
- (759) Vinifera
- (760) Massinga
- (761) Brendelia
- (763) Cupido
- (764) Gedania
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