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**63 Ausonia**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.395 AU
Perihelion distance	2.093 AU
Aphelion distance	2.698 AU
Orbital period	3.71 years
Inclination	5.79�
Eccentricity	0.126
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	103.1 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/)}	9.298 hours
Spectral class	S
Abs. magnitude	7.55
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.159
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	A. de Gasparis, 1861

63 Ausonia is a large main belt asteroid. It is probably a mixture of silicates and iron-nickel.

It was discovered by A. de Gasparis on February 10, 1861. 'Ausonia' is an alternative name for Italy.

Based on its lightcurve, a small satellite has been suggested [1] (http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoonsq.html)

Categories: Astronomy stubs | Main Belt asteroids

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IOTA Document (7036 words)
	russell 0 1 0 stamm 1986a >23 1 59.3 3.5 PD 63 05/10/86 (259) SAO 160139 9.3 Siding Spring Obs.
	dietz 0 1 0 tekmessa 12/10/99 (63) tyc57990101 10.0 augusta and roger venable and 0 2 0 ausonia = ppm 239121 georgetown, georgia tony murray 226 12/15/99 (814) tauris sao 148132 8.9 obs.
	breit 1 0 0 palisana 10/13/04 (693) tyc 74170317 10.1 aptos, calif. and richard nolthenius, 2 0 0 zerbinetta wabuska, nevada james stoffaire 10/15/04 (63) ausonia tyc 19212606 9.6 nyrola obs., arto oksanen 1 0 0 finland 10/20/04 (1587) zc 17 7.8 liberty hill, tx r.

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