762 Pulcova

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762 Pulcova is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Grigoriy N. Neujmin in 1913 and is named after Pulkovo Observatory near Saint Petersburg. Pulcova is 137 km in diameter and is a C-type asteroid which means that it is dark in colouring with a carbonate composition.Photometric observations of this asteroid from Leura Australia during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 5.8403 ± 0.0005 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.02 in magnitude.

apoapsis (km)

5.19763e+11

density (μ3)

900.0

mass (kg)

1400.0

orbital period (μ)

1.76723e+08

periapsis (km)

4.24005e+11

absolute magnitude

8.28

albedo

0.0458

apparent magnitude

11.93

discovery date

1913-09-03

discoverer

Grigory Neujmin

epoch

January 4 2010 (2455200.5)

former name

1913 SQ