(72) Feronia
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 .