109 Felicitas
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Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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Orbit type | Main belt |
Semimajor axis | 2.697 AU |
Perihelion distance | 1.897 AU |
Aphelion distance | 3.497 AU |
Orbital period | 4.43 years |
Inclination | 7.89° |
Eccentricity | 0.297 |
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
Diameter | 89.4 km |
Rotation period | 13.191 hours |
Spectral class | C |
Abs. magnitude | 8.75 |
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.070 |
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1869 |
109 Felicitas is a dark and fairly large main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 9, 1869 and named after Felicitas, the Roman goddess of success.
The only observed stellar occultation by Felicitas is one from Japan (March 29, 2003). [1] (http://sorry.vse.cz/~ludek/mp/world/mpocc1.txt)
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