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**193 Ambrosia**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.603 AU
Perihelion distance	1.839 AU
Aphelion distance	3.367 AU
Orbital period	4.20 years
Inclination	12.03�
Eccentricity	0.293
Physical characteristics
Diameter ^{4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT)}	48.7 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/)}	6.581 hours
Abs. magnitude^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}	9.68
Albedo ^{4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT)}	0.10
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	J. Coggia, 1879

193 Ambrosia is a main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Coggia on February 28, 1879 and named after Ambrosia, the food of the gods in Greek mythology.

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