607 Jenny
Minor planet (asteroid) orbiting in the Asteroid Belt
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607 Jenny is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on September 18, 1906.
Discoverydate18 September 1906
(607) Jenny
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 18 September 1906 |
| Designations | |
| (607) Jenny | |
| 1906 VC | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.51 yr (40000 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.0629 AU (458.20 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6435 AU (395.46 Gm) |
| 2.8532 AU (426.83 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.073505 |
| 4.82 yr (1760.3 d) | |
| 76.6844° | |
| 0° 12m 16.236s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.109° |
| 285.271° | |
| 290.172° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 31.39±1.05 km | |
| 8.521 h (0.3550 d) | |
| 0.0711±0.005 | |
| 10.0 | |
Like 608 Adolfine it was named after Jenny Adolfine Kessler, a friend of the astronomer.[2]
Photometric observations of this asteroid at Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 8.524 ± 0.005 hours and a brightness variation of 0.21 ± 0.03 in magnitude. Results reported in 2003 giving a period of 7.344 hours were deemed the result of a data ambiguity.[3]
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