172 Baucis
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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 | 2.379 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.105 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 2.653 AU |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Inclination | 10.04° |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 62.4 km |
| Rotation period | 16 hours |
| Spectral class 5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) | S |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.79 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.138 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | A. Borrelly, 1877 |
172 Baucis is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. Its composition is a mixture of rocks and metallic iron-nickel.
It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on February 5, 1877 and named after a character in the Greek legend of Baucis and Philemon.
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