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**109 Felicitas**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.697 AU
Perihelion distance	1.897 AU
Aphelion distance	3.497 AU
Orbital period	4.43 years
Inclination	7.89�
Eccentricity	0.297
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	89.4 km
Rotation period	13.191 hours
Spectral class	C
Abs. magnitude	8.75
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	C. H. F. Peters, 1869

109 Felicitas is a dark and fairly large main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 9, 1869 and named after Felicitas, the Roman goddess of success.

The only observed stellar Japan (March 29, 2003). [1] (http://sorry.vse.cz/~ludek/mp/world/mpocc1.txt)

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Boniface I (1091 words)
	As Easter, 30 March, was approaching, Achilleus, Bishop of Spoleto, was deputed to conduct the paschal services in the
	Felicitas on the Via Salaria, and Eulalius to Antium.
	On 18 March, Eulalius boldly returned to Rome, gathered his partisans, stirred up strife anew, and spurning the prefect's orders to leave the city, seized the Lateran basilica on Holy Saturday (29 March), determined to preside at the paschal

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