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172 Baucis
Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.379 AU
Perihelion distance 2.105 AU
Aphelion distance 2.653 AU
Orbital period 3.67 years
Inclination 10.04°
Eccentricity 0.115
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Diameter 62.4 km
Rotation period 16 hours
Spectral class 5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) S
Abs. magnitude 8.79
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) 0.138
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer A. Borrelly, 1877


172 Baucis is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. Its composition is a mixture of rocks and metallic iron-nickel.


It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on February 5, 1877 and named after a character in the Greek legend of Baucis and Philemon.

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