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741 Botolphia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 10 1913 from Winchester. It is named after Saint Botolph the semi-legendary founder of a 7th-century monastery that would become the town of Boston Lincolnshire England.

apoapsis (km)
4.34415e+11
average speed (km/s)
64944.0
density (μ3)
2000.0
mass (kg)
2700.0
orbital period (μ)
1.41611e+08
periapsis (km)
3.79562e+11
temperature (K)
169.0
absolute magnitude
10.4
albedo
0.1
discovery date
1913-02-10
discoverer
Joel Hastings Metcalf
epoch
June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
escape velocity (kmh)
56.16
former name
1913 QT; A909 HA; 1973 GN

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