748 Simeïsa
748 Simeïsa ("prov. designation:" "or" ) is a very large Hilda asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 14 March 1913, by Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The dark P-type asteroid has a rotation period of 11.9 hours and a shape that is reminiscent of a tetrahedron. It was the first asteroid discovery made in Russia and named after the discovering observatory and its nearby Crimean town, Simeiz.
Q1645659
prov. designation
Concept
Q1753240
Hilda asteroid
DIS
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q445187
Grigory Neujmin
PER
Q944482
Simeiz Observatory
LOC
Q2373252
P-type asteroid
Concept
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q160003
tetrahedron
Concept
Q514390
Simeiz
LOC
Q156893
748 Simeïsa
CEL
1913-03-14T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
14 March 1913
DATE
+748^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
748
NUMBER
+11.9^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
11.9
NUMBER
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention