32 Pomona

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32 Pomona
Discovery
Discovered by: H. Goldschmidt
Discovery date: October 26, 1854
Alternative names: A899 QA; A911 KF;
1945 RB; 1949 SH;
1950 YD
Minor planet category: Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion distance: 419.316 Gm (2.803 AU)
Perihelion distance: 354.967 Gm (2.373 AU)
Semi-major axis: 387.142 Gm (2.588 AU)
Eccentricity: 0.083
Orbital period: 1520.602 d (4.16 a)
Avg. orbital speed: 18.48 km/s
Mean anomaly: 46.086°
Inclination: 5.530°
Longitude of ascending node: 220.574°
Argument of perihelion: 339.680°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 80.8 km
Mass: ~5.5×1017 kg
Mean density: 2.0? g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity: 0.0226? m/s²
Escape velocity: 0.0427? km/s
Rotation period: 0.3937 d 9.448 h [1]
Albedo: 0.10
Temperature: ~173 K
Spectral type: S
Absolute magnitude: 7.56

32 Pomona IPA: [pʰʊˈmoʊnə] is a main belt asteroid.

Pomona was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 26, 1854. It is named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees.

[edit] Aspects

Stationary,
retrograde		 Opposition Distance to
Earth (AU)		 Maximum
brightness (mag)		 Stationary,
prograde		 Conjunction
to Sun
1 October 2004 19 November 2004 1.76130 11.1 7 January 2005 11 July 2005
27 January 2006 13 March 2006 1.40460 10.5 25 April 2006 26 November 2006
6 June 2007 28 July 2007 1.61765 11.0 13 September 2007 14 March 2008
15 September 2008 4 November 2008 1.79022 11.1 22 December 2008 22 June 2009
3 January 2010 19 February 2010 1.45600 10.7 4 April 2010 4 November 2010
20 May 2011 8 July 2011 1.54618 10.9 24 August 2011 28 February 2012
30 August 2012 19 October 2012 1.80314 11.2 6 December 2012 4 June 2013
13 December 2013 30 January 2014 1.52081 10.8 16 March 2014 12 October 2014
1 May 2015 17 June 2015 1.47611 10.7 3 August 2015 12 February 2016
13 August 2016 4 October 2016 1.79925 11.3 20 November 2016 18 May 2017
23 November 2017 10 January 2018 1.58966 10.9 27 February 2018 18 September 2018
11 April 2019 26 May 2019 1.41759 10.5 10 July 2019 26 January 2020
28 July 2020 19 September 2020 1.77836 11.3 4 November 2020 2 May 2021

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html


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