(160) Una

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Asteroid
(160) Una
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.728  AU
eccentricity 0.065
Perihelion - aphelion 2.552 AU - 2.904 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.8 °
Length of the ascending node 8.7 °
Argument of the periapsis 51.5 °
Time of passage of the perihelion April 1, 2010
Sidereal period 4 a 184 d
Mean orbital velocity 18.0 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 81 km
Albedo 0.0625
Rotation period 11 h 2 min
Absolute brightness 9.08 likes
Spectral class CX
history
Explorer CHF Peters
Date of discovery February 20, 1876
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.

(160) Una is an asteroid of the main belt , on 20 February 1876 by the German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters was discovered.

The celestial body was named after a figure from the poetry The Faerie Queene by the English poet Edmund Spenser .

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