(72) Feronia
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Asteroid (72) Feronia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.266 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.993 AU - 2.539 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.4 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 208.1 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 102.4 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 5, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 3 a 150 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.7 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 86 km |
| Albedo | 0.06 |
| Rotation period | 8 h 6 min |
| Absolute brightness | 8.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CHF Peters |
| Date of discovery | May 29, 1861 |
| 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. | |
(72) Feronia is an asteroid in the main asteroid belt with a diameter of around 86 kilometers. The asteroid, named after Feronia , the goddess of forests from Roman mythology , was discovered on May 29, 1861 by the German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters .