128 Nemesis

b>128 Nemesis
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Orbital characteristics 1
a href="/encyclopedia/Orbit" title="Orbit">Orbit type Main belt (Nemesis)
a href="/encyclopedia/Semimajor-axis" title="Semimajor axis">Semimajor axis 2.750 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Perihelion" title="Perihelion">Perihelion distance 2.399 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Aphelion" title="Aphelion">Aphelion distance 3.101 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Orbital-period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period 4.56 years
a href="/encyclopedia/Inclination" title="Inclination">Inclination 6.25°
a href="/encyclopedia/Eccentricity" title="Eccentricity">Eccentricity 0.128
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics 1
a href="/encyclopedia/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter 188.2 km
a href="/encyclopedia/Rotation-period" title="Rotation period">Rotation period 39 hours
a href="/encyclopedia/Spectral-class" title="Spectral class">Spectral class C
a href="/encyclopedia/Absolute-magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">Abs. magnitude 7.49
a href="/encyclopedia/Albedo" title="Albedo">Albedo 4 0.050
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | History 2
iscoverer J. C. Watson, 1872
128 Nemesis is a very large and very dark main belt asteroid, of carbonaceous composition. It rotates rather slowly, taking about one and half Earth days to complete one revolution. Nemesis is the largest member of the asteroid family bearing its name. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on November 25, 1872 and named after Nemesis, the goddess of retribution in Greek mythology.
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