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72 Feronia
Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.267 AU
Perihelion distance 1.994 AU
Aphelion distance 2.540 AU
Orbital period 3.41 years
Inclination 5.42°
Eccentricity 0.120
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Diameter 86.1 km
Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) 8.097 hours
Abs. magnitude 8.94
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) 0.063
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer C. H. F. Peters, 1861


72 Feronia is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid.


It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters on May 29, 1861 and is named after Feronia, a Roman fertility goddess.

 
 

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