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Discovery
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| Discovered by | F. Courty |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1894 |
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Designations
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| Named after | Aquitaine |
| Alternate name(s) | 1894 AZ |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 506.853 Gm (3.388 AU) |
| Perihelion | 312.827 Gm (2.091 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 409.84 Gm (2.74 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| Orbital period | 1656.241 d (4.53 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.0 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 50.237° |
| Inclination | 18.132° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 128.332° |
| Argument of perihelion | 157.676° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | 100.5 km[1] |
| Mass | 1.8×1018 kg[2][3] |
| Mean density | unknown |
| Equatorial surface gravity | unknown |
| Escape velocity | unknown |
| Rotation period | 24.144 h[1] |
| Albedo | 0.19[1] |
| Temperature | unknown |
| Spectral type | S[1] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.41[1] |
387 Aquitania is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.
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