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371 Bohemia is an asteroid located in the asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois at the Nice Observatory on July 16, 1893. The object received the provisional designations 1893 AD and A893 OA before being named after Bohemia. It is classified as a Main-belt Asteroid and is categorized as both a Q-type and S-type asteroid.
The asteroid has a diameter of 52.976 kilometers and an albedo of 0.234. Its rotation period is 10.7391 hours. Orbital parameters include a semi-major axis of 2.727395351151789, an orbital eccentricity of 0.06214238599349913, and an orbital inclination of 7.40221149221704. The periapsis is 2.557908496483639, while the apoapsis is 2.896882205819938. The absolute magnitude is listed as 8.76 in one source and 8.74 in another.
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Small body data
371 Bohemia (A893 OA)
- Orbit class
- Main-belt Asteroid
- Diameter
- 52.976 km
- Albedo
- 0.234
- Rotation period
- 10.739 h
- Absolute magnitude
- 8.740 H
- Earth MOID
- 1.540 AU
via NASA/JPL Small-Body Database
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Auguste Charlois
- Discovery date
- 16 July 1893
- Pronunciation
- / b oʊ ˈ h iː m i ə /
- Named after
- Bohemia
- Alternative designations
- 1893 AD
- Minor planet category
- Main belt
- Observation arc
- 122.48 yr (44734 d)
- Aphelion
- 2.90152 AU (434.061 Gm )
- Perihelion
- 2.55097 AU (381.620 Gm)
- Semi major axis
- 2.72624 AU (407.840 Gm)
- Orbital period sidereal
- 4.50 yr (1644.2 d )
- Mean anomaly
- 143.157 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 13 8.242 / day
- Inclination
- 7.39621°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 283.442°
- Argument of perihelion
- 343.529°
- Dimensions
- 54.64 ± 1.1 km
- Synodic rotation period
- 10.7391 h (0.44746 d )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- asteroid
- Named after
- Bohemia
- Followed by
- 372 Palma
- Follows
- Q152007
- Parent body
- Sun
- Minor-planet group
- asteroid belt
- Diameter
- 52.976
- Orbital period
- 1645.207083588137
- Image
- 371Bohemia (Lightcurve Inversion).png
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- discoverer or inventor
- Auguste Charlois
- site of astronomical discovery
- Nice Observatory
- provisional designation
- A893 OA
- time of discovery or invention
- 1893-07-16
- orbital inclination
- 7.40221149221704
- Commons category
- 371 Bohemia
- albedo
- 0.234
- rotation period
- 10.7391
- asteroid spectral type
- S-type asteroid
- absolute magnitude
- 8.76
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.06214238599349913
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 2.727395351151789
- periapsis
- 2.557908496483639
- apoapsis
- 2.896882205819938
- longitude of ascending node
- 283.365475635633
- argument of periapsis
- 342.2548568484106
- mean anomaly
- 168.8852555436846
- time of periapsis
- 2460228.691059072
- epoch
- November 21, 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
371 Bohemia is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 16 July 1893 in Nice.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “371 Bohemia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.