(877) Walkure Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1915 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis.
Where Walkure is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Walkure is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 877 |
| Provisional designation | A915 RV |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 38.4 km (#1,019 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0623 |
| Rotation period | 17.4 hours |
| Spectral type | F |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 4.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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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