72 Feronia

72 Feronia

A three-dimensional model of 72 Feronia based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Discovery date May 29, 1861
Designations
MPC designation (72) Feronia
 
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion 379.895 Gm (2.539 AU)
Perihelion 298.159 Gm (1.993 AU)
339.027 Gm (2.266 AU)
Eccentricity 0.121
1246.123 d (3.41 a)
19.71 km/s
146.950°
Inclination 5.417°
208.137°
102.608°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 83.95 ± 4.02 km[1]
Mass (3.32 ± 8.49) × 1018 kg[1]
Mean density
 10.71 ± 27.44[1] g/cm3
0.0241 m/s²
0.0455 km/s
Albedo 0.063 [2]
Temperature ~185 K
Spectral type
 TDG[3]
8.94

    72 Feronia (/fəˈroʊniə/ fə-ROH-nee-ə) is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid. It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters, on May 29, 1861, from Hamilton College, New York State. It was initially thought that Peters had merely seen the already known asteroid 66 Maja, but T.H. Safford showed that it was a new body. Safford named it after Feronia, a Roman fertility goddess.[4]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, arXiv:1203.4336 Freely accessible, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
    2. ↑ Asteroid Data Sets Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite
    3. ↑
    4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 22. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2008-12-31.


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