39 Laetitia
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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 | 2.768 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.453 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.083 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Inclination | 10.38° |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 149.5 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html) | 5.138 hours |
| Spectral class | S |
| Abs. magnitude | 6.10 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.287 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | J. Chacornac, 1856 |
39 Laetitia (le-tee'-sha) is a large, bright main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Chacornac on February 8, 1856 and named after Laetitia, a minor Roman goddess of gaiety.
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