58 Concordia

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58 Concordia
Orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.701 AU
Perihelion distance 2.585 AU
Aphelion distance 2.816 AU
Orbital period 4.44 years
Inclination 5.06°
Eccentricity 0.043
Physical characteristics 1
Diameter 93.4 km
Rotation period 3 16 hours
Spectral class C
Abs. magnitude 8.86
Albedo 4 0.058
History 2
Discoverer R. Luther, 1860

58 Concordia is a quite large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid, so its surface is very dark and it is likely carbonaceous in composition.

It was discovered by R. Luther on March 24, 1860. He named it after Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmony.

[edit] Aspects

Stationary,
retrograde
Opposition Distance to
Earth (AU)
Maximum
brightness (mag)
Stationary,
prograde
Conjunction
to Sun
10 June 2005 16 December 2005 1.65727 12.3 1 February 2006 20 March 2006
4 October 2006 12 April 2007 1.62312 12.3 29 May 2007 17 July 2007
22 January 2008 25 July 2008 1.80068 12.5 13 September 2008 31 October 2008
26 April 2009 30 October 2009 1.75266 12.5 18 December 2009 5 February 2010
12 August 2010 22 February 2011 1.58732 12.2 6 April 2011 24 May 2011
7 December 2011 10 June 2012 1.73056 12.5 30 July 2012 16 September 2012
15 March 2013 18 September 2013 1.81375 12.7 5 November 2013 26 December 2013
23 June 2014 30 December 2014 1.63343 12.2 15 February 2015 2 April 2015
18 October 2015 24 April 2016 1.64340 12.4 11 June 2016 30 July 2016
2 February 2017 7 August 2017 1.81191 12.6 24 September 2017 13 November 2017
9 May 2018 11 November 2018 1.72794 12.5 30 December 2018 16 February 2019
27 August 2019 7 March 2020 1.58935 12.2 20 April 2020 8 June 2020


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