72 Feronia
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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 | 2.267 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 1.994 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 2.540 AU |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Inclination | 5.42° |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 86.1 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 8.097 hours |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.94 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.063 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1861 |
72 Feronia is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid.
It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters on May 29, 1861 and is named after Feronia, a Roman fertility goddess.
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