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366 Vincentina
Discovery
Discoverer Auguste Charlois
Discovery Date March 21, 1893
Alternate Designations 1893 W; A909 BN;
1931 AS
Category Main belt
Orbital Elements
Epoch October 22, 2004 (JD 2453300.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.055
Semi-Major Axis (a) 470.912 Gm (3.148 AU)
Perihelion (q) 444.894 Gm (2.974 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 496.930 Gm (3.322 AU)
Orbital Period (P) 2039.955 d (5.59 a)
Mean Orbital Speed 16.77 km/s
Inclination (i) 10.559°
Longitude of the
Ascending Node (Ω)		 347.031°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 322.866°
Mean Anomaly (M) 253.314°
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions 93.8 km
Mass 8.6×1017 kg
Density 2.0 g/cm³
Surface Gravity 0.0262 m/s²
Escape Velocity 0.0496 km/s
Rotation Period 0.6458 d 1 (http://www.astrosurf.com/aude-old/map_files/AstVarMAP01-2003.htm)
Spectral Class  ?
Absolute Magnitude 8.5
Albedo 0.08 2 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata/ALBEDOS/albedos.tab)
Mean Surface Temperature ~217 K


366 Vincentina is a fairly large main belt asteroid. It measures 93.76 km in diameter.


Vincentina was discovered on March 21, 1893 by Auguste Charlois, and named after Vincenzo Cerulli, an Italian astronomer.



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