(32) Pomona
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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 |
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Spectral class (according to Tholen) |
S. |
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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.