(148) Gallia
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Asteroid (148) Gallia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Gallia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.772 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.26 AU - 3.284 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 25.3 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 145.1 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 252.1 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 9, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 225 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.7 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 98 km |
| Albedo | 0.1640 |
| Rotation period | 20 h 40 min |
| Absolute brightness | 7.63 mag |
| Spectral class | GU |
| history | |
| Explorer | Prosper Henry |
| Date of discovery | August 7, 1875 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(148) Gallia is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt discovered on August 7, 1875 by the French astronomer Prosper Mathieu Henry . The celestial body was named after the Roman name for Gaul , the area that is now France .
Gallia moves between 2.252 ( perihelion ) astronomical units to 3.288 astronomical units ( aphelion ) in 4.61 years around the sun . The orbit is strongly inclined towards the ecliptic at 25.30 ° , the orbit eccentricity is 0.187.
Gallia has a diameter of 98 km. It has a light, silicate-rich surface with an albedo of 0.16. It rotates around its own axis in around 20 hours and 40 minutes.