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**169 Zelia**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.358 AU
Perihelion distance	2.047 AU
Aphelion distance	2.668 AU
Orbital period	3.62 years
Inclination	5.51�
Eccentricity	0.132
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	33.6 km
Rotation period	13.27 hours
Spectral class ^{5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT)}	S
Abs. magnitude	9.56
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.235
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	P. M. Henry, 1876

169 Zelia is a bright, stony main belt asteroid.

Zelia was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on September 28, 1876. Credit for this discovery was given to Prosper. It is named after a niece of the astronomer Camille Flammarion.

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Zelia - infos.aus-germanien.de (117 words)
	(169) Zelia ist ein Asteroid des Asteroiden-Hauptgürtels, der am 28.
	September 1876 von Prosper Mathieu Henry entdeckt wurde.
	Zelia bewegt sich in einem Abstand von 2,0464 (Perihel) bis 2,6691 (Aphel) astronomischen Einheiten in 3,620 Jahren um die Sonne.

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