740 Cantabia

Cantabia is a contraction of Cantabrigia, Latin for Cambridge, named in honor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

740 Cantabia

Discovery
Discovered by	Joel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery site	Winchester, Massachusetts
Discovery date	10 February 1913
Designations
MPC designation	(740) Cantabia
Pronunciation	/kænˈteɪbiə/[1]
Alternative designations	1913 QS
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	103.10 yr (37659 d)
Aphelion	3.3892 AU (507.02 Gm)
Perihelion	2.7145 AU (406.08 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.0519 AU (456.56 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.11053
Orbital period	5.33 yr (1947.4 d)
Mean anomaly	133.938°
Mean motion	0° 11^m 5.532^s / day
Inclination	10.846°
Longitude of ascending node	116.099°
Argument of perihelion	47.844°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	45.45±0.85 km
Rotation period	64.453 h (2.6855 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0552±0.002
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.1

740 Cantabia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

See also

• List of minor planets/701–800
• Meanings of minor planet names: 501–1000

References

1. Per 'Cantabria' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
2. "740 Cantabia (1913 QS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

External links

• Lightcurve plot of 740 Cantabia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
• 740 Cantabia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 740 Cantabia at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters