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It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1907, Background asteroids and Discoveries by August Kopff.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
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Key facts
- Discovered by
- August Kopff
- Discovery site
- Heidelberg
- Discovery date
- 11 February 1907
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ z iː n i ə /
- Alternative designations
- 1907 XN
- Observation arc
- 109.11 yr (39852 d)
- Aphelion
- 3.2470 AU (485.74 Gm )
- Perihelion
- 2.0428 AU (305.60 Gm)
- Semi major axis
- 2.6449 AU (395.67 Gm)
- Orbital period sidereal
- 4.30 yr (1571.1 d )
- Mean anomaly
- 333.734 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 13 44.904 / day
- Inclination
- 12.077°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 127.543°
- Argument of perihelion
- 200.745°
- Mean radius
- 14.185 ± 0.95
- Synodic rotation period
- 21.017 h (0.8757 d )
- Geometric albedo
- 0.2195 ± 0.033
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- asteroid
- Followed by
- 626 Notburga
- Follows
- 624 Hektor
- Parent body
- Sun
- Minor-planet group
- asteroid belt
- Diameter
- 28.287
- Orbital period
- 1571.539584670345
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- discoverer or inventor
- August Kopff
- site of astronomical discovery
- Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
- provisional designation
- A907 CG
- time of discovery or invention
- 1907-02-11
- orbital inclination
- 12.07679395535852
- albedo
- 0.221
- Commons category
- 625 Xenia
- rotation period
- 21.017
- asteroid spectral type
- S-type asteroid
- absolute magnitude
- 9.97
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.2270501912770724
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 2.64535888033196
- periapsis
- 2.044729640556086
- apoapsis
- 3.245988120107833
- longitude of ascending node
- 127.5093576219602
- argument of periapsis
- 200.4912502796806
- mean anomaly
- 32.99861429960968
- time of periapsis
- 2460856.448253858
- epoch
- November 21, 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
625 Xenia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by August Kopff in Heidelberg, Germany, on 11 February 1907. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1907 XN.
See also
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