(32) Pomona
Asteroid (32) Pomona |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.587 AU |
eccentricity | 0.083 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.373 AU - 2.801 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.5 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 220.5 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 338.9 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | August 13, 2010 |
Sidereal period of rotation | 4 a 59 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.5 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 80 km |
Albedo | 0.2564 |
Rotation period | 9 h 27 min |
Absolute brightness | 7.56 mag |
Spectral class (according to Tholen) |
S. |
Spectral class (according to SMASSII) |
S. |
history | |
Explorer | HMS Goldschmidt |
Date of discovery | October 26, 1854 |
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. |
(32) Pomona is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt , which was discovered on October 26, 1854 by Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt .
The asteroid was named after Pomona , the Roman goddess of gardens and fruit trees.