48 Doris

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48 Doris
Dorian orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 3.108 AU
Perihelion distance 2.874 AU
Aphelion distance 3.342 AU
Orbital period 5.48 years
Inclination 6.55°
Eccentricity 0.075
Dorian physical characteristics 1
Diameter 221.8 km
Rotation period 3 11.89 hours
Spectral class C
Abs. magnitude 6.90
Albedo 4 0.062
History 2
Discoverer H. Goldschmidt, 1857

48 Doris (dor'-is, Greek Δωρις) is one of the largest main belt asteroids.

Doris was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 and named after Doris, an Oceanid in Greek mythology.

[edit] Aspects

Stationary,
retrograde		 Opposition Distance to
Earth (AU)		 Maximum
brightness (mag)		 Stationary,
prograde		 Conjunction
to Sun
4 January 2005 19 June 2005 2.21853 11.4 12 August 2005 2 October 2005
18 March 2006 18 September 2006 1.94213 10.9 4 November 2006 23 December 2006
21 June 2007 18 December 2007 1.97699 11.0 6 February 2008 24 March 2008
22 September 2008 7 March 2009 2.25132 11.4 26 April 2009 20 June 2009
3 December 2009 13 May 2010 2.31364 11.6 8 July 2010 30 August 2010
10 February 2011 4 August 2011 2.06486 11.0 23 September 2011 11 November 2011
3 May 2012 4 November 2012 1.90587 10.9 23 December 2012 9 February 2013
11 August 2013 30 January 2014 2.12087 11.1 21 March 2014 10 May 2014
1 November 2014 11 April 2015 2.32831 11.6 3 June 2015 29 July 2015
7 January 2016 22 June 2016 2.20874 11.4 15 August 2016 4 October 2016
21 March 2017 21 September 2017 1.93568 10.9 7 November 2017 27 December 2017
24 June 2018 21 December 2018 1.98565 11.0 9 February 2019 29 March 2019
26 September 2019 9 March 2020 2.25945 11.5 29 April 2020 22 June 2020


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