(187) Lamberta

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Asteroid
(187) Lamberta
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.735  AU
eccentricity 0.236
Perihelion - aphelion 2.088 AU - 3.382 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.6 °
Length of the ascending node 21.8 °
Argument of the periapsis 195.6 °
Time of passage of the perihelion April 27, 2009
Sidereal period 4 a 191 d
Mean orbital velocity 17.8 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter (130.4 ± 2.7) km
Albedo 0.06
Rotation period 10.7 h
Absolute brightness 8.2 likes
Spectral class C.
history
Explorer J. Coggia
Date of discovery April 11, 1878
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(187) Lamberta is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt discovered by Jérôme-Eugène Coggia on April 11, 1878 . The celestial body was named in honor of the mathematician and physicist Johann Heinrich Lambert .

Lamberta moves between 2.1 ( perihelion ) astronomical units to 3.4 astronomical units ( aphelion ) around the sun in 4.5 years . The orbit is inclined 10.6 ° to the ecliptic , the orbital eccentricity is 0.24. Lamberta has a diameter of 131 km. It has a dark carbonaceous surface with an albedo of 0.06. It rotates around its own axis in around 10.7 hours.

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