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**184 Dejopeja**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	3.181 AU
Perihelion distance	2.938 AU
Aphelion distance	3.423 AU
Orbital period	5.67 years
Inclination	1.15�
Eccentricity	0.076
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	66.5 km
Rotation period	6.455 hours
Spectral class	M
Abs. magnitude	8.31
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.190
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	J. Palisa, 1878

184 Dejopeja is a quite large, metallic Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Palisa on February 28, 1878.

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RASNZ Occultation Section - Dejopeja Occultation Update (619 words)
	OCCULTATION BY (184) DEJOPEJA - 2004 JUN 16
	On 2004 Jun 16 UT, the 66 km diameter asteroid (184) Dejopeja will occult a 11.7 mag star in the constellation Ophiuchus for observers along a path across Australia, Africa.
	In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 1.3 mag to 12.7 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 5.4 seconds.

Dejopeja (Asteroid) (137 words)
	1878 (184) Dejopeja ist ein Asteroid des äußeren Asteroiden-Hauptgürtels
	(184) Dejopeja Eigenschaften des Orbits Orbit Typ Hauptgürtel-Asteroid Große Halbachse 3
	In rund 6 Stunden und 27 Minuten rotiert sie um die eigene Achse.

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