969 Leocadia
969 Leocadia ("prov. designation:" "or" ) is a very dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 5 November 1921, by Russian astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The uncommon F-type asteroid (FX) has a rotation period of 6.9 hours and is likely regular in shape. Any reference of the asteroid's name to a person is unknown.
Q1645659
prov. designation
Concept
Q249083
background asteroid
Concept
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q11821
Sergey Belyavsky
PER
Q944482
Simeiz Observatory
LOC
Q1095693
F-type asteroid
Concept
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
unknown
UNK
Q158366
969 Leocadia
CEL
1921-11-05T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
5 November 1921
DATE
+969^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
969
NUMBER
+6.9^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6.9
NUMBER
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention