95 Arethusa
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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 | 3.070 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.617 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.523 AU |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Inclination | 12.99° |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 136 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 8.688 hours |
| Spectral class | C |
| Abs. magnitude | 7.84 |
| 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 | R. Luther, 1867 |
95 Arethusa (air'-a-thew'-za) is a large main belt asteroid. Its coloring is dark, composition carbonaceous and primitive.
It was discovered by Robert Luther on November 23, 1867 and named after one of the various Arethusas in Greek mythology.
Arethusa has been observed occulting a star three times: first on February 2, 1998 and no less that twice in January, 2003.
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