356 Liguria
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | January 21, 1893 |
| Alternate designations B |
1893 G |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.24 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 412.115 Gm (2.755 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 313.262 Gm (2.094 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 510.968 Gm (3.416 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1670.052 d (4.57 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 17.95 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 8.232° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
354.861° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
78.916° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 204.301° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | 131.0 km |
| Mass | unknown |
| Density | unknown |
| Surface gravity | unknown |
| Escape velocity | unknown |
| Rotation period | unknown |
| Spectral class | unknown |
| Absolute magnitude | 8.22 |
| Albedo (geometric) | unknown |
| Mean surface temperature |
unknown |
356 Liguria is a very large Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 21, 1893 in Nice. It was named for the Italian region of the same name. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute). [1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN-10: 3540002383.
