72 Feronia
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by: | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date: | May 29, 1861 |
| Alternative names: | |
| Minor planet category: | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion distance: | 379.895 Gm (2.539 AU) |
| Perihelion distance: | 298.159 Gm (1.993 AU) |
| Semi-major axis: | 339.027 Gm (2.266 AU) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.121 |
| Orbital period: | 1246.123 d (3.41 a) |
| Avg. orbital speed: | 19.71 km/s |
| Mean anomaly: | 146.950° |
| Inclination: | 5.417° |
| Longitude of ascending node: | 208.137° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 102.608° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions: | 86.1 km |
| Mass: | 6.7×1017 kg |
| Mean density: | ? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity: | 0.0241 m/s² |
| Escape velocity: | 0.0455 km/s |
| Rotation period: | ? d |
| Albedo: | 0.063 [1] |
| Temperature: | ~185 K |
| Spectral type: | ? |
| Absolute magnitude: | 8.94 |
72 Feronia is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid. It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters on May 29, 1861 and is named after Feronia, a Roman fertility goddess.
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