975 Perseverantia
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975 Perseverantia is a
minor planet According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''minor ...
orbiting the Sun that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 27 March 1922. This is a member of the dynamic Koronis family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body. The semi-major axis of the orbit of 975 Perseverantia lies just outside the 5/2 Kirkwood gap, located at 2.824  AU.


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* * 000975 Discoveries by Johann Palisa Named minor planets 000975 19220327 {{beltasteroid-stub