682 Hagar

Also known as (682) Hagar, Hagar

main-belt asteroid

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Jupiter and Venus from Earth

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It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.

Key facts

Discovery site: Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date: 17 June 1909
Pronunciation: / ˈ h eɪ ɡ ɑːr /
Named after: Hagar (Biblical woman)
Alternative designations: A909 MA · 1943 GK, 1953 VU 3 · 1975 VO 5 , 1909 HA
Minor planet category: main-belt · ( middle ) , Eunomia

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Article

682 Hagar (prov. designation: A909 MA or 1909 HA) is an Eunomia asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 17 June 1909, by German astronomer August Kopff at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. The presumed S-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 4.9 hours and measures approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. Possibly inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation "1909 HA", it was named for the biblical woman Hagar.

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