94 Aurora
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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 | 3.164 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.899 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.429 AU |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Inclination | 7.98° |
| Eccentricity | 0.084 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 204.9 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 7.22 hours |
| Spectral class | C |
| Abs. magnitude | 7.57 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.040 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | J. C. Watson, 1867 |
94 Aurora (aw-ror'-a) is one of the largest main belt asteroids. It is very dark, darker than soot, and has a primitive compostion consisting of carbonates.
It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 6, 1867 and named after Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn.
Aurora occulted a dim star on October 12, 2001. A somewhat oval shape was detected. [1] (http://sorry.vse.cz/~ludek/mp/world/mpocc1.txt)
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