1149 Volga

Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name = 1149 Volga cite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1149 | accessdate= October 17 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discovery = yes
discoverer = Skvortsov, E.
discovered = 1929-Aug-01
epoch = Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
aphelion = 3.1770587 AU
perihelion = 2.6264349 AU
semimajor = 2.9017468 AU
eccentricity = 0.094878
period = 1805.4593480 days
4.94 years
inclination = 11.75466 °
asc_node = 261.75886 °
mean_anomaly = 263.25272 °
arg_peri = 113.03147 °
physical_characteristics = yes| dimensions = diameter 55.57
albedo = 0.0338
abs_magnitude = 10.57 mag
rotation= 27.5 h

1149 Volga is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 56 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 5 years. It completes one rotation once every 28 hours. It was discovered by Evgeny Fedorovich Skvortsov at Simeiz Observatory on August 1, 1929. It is named after the Volga River, the largest river in Europe and one of the principal ones of Russia. The name was proposed by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad. The provisional designation was 1929 PF. [cite book |last= Schmadel |first= Lutz D. |title= Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher= Springer |year= 2003 |isbn= 3540002383 ]

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