51 Nemausa

b>51 Nemausa
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Orbital characteristics 1
rbit type Main belt
a href="/encyclopedia/Semimajor-axis" title="Semimajor axis">Semimajor axis 2.365 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Perihelion" title="Perihelion">Perihelion distance 2.207 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Aphelion" title="Aphelion">Aphelion distance 2.523 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Orbital-period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period 3.64 years
a href="/encyclopedia/Inclination" title="Inclination">Inclination 9.97°
a href="/encyclopedia/Eccentricity-(orbit)" title="Eccentricity (orbit)">Eccentricity 0.067
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics 1
a href="/encyclopedia/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter 147.9 km
a href="/encyclopedia/Rotation-period" title="Rotation period">Rotation period 3 7.783 hours
a href="/encyclopedia/Asteroid#Spectral_classification" title="Asteroid#Spectral_classification">Spectral class G
a href="/encyclopedia/Absolute-magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">Abs. magnitude 7.35
a href="/encyclopedia/Albedo" title="Albedo">Albedo 4 0.093
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | History 2
iscoverer A. Laurent, 1858
51 Nemausa is a large Main belt asteroid similar to 1 Ceres in composition. It was discovered in the city of Nmes, France, after which it was named (in its Latin name). The discoverer was a certain "A. Laurent" who never made any more asteroid discoveries and about whom not much seems to be known. The asteroid was discovered using the private observatory at the house formerly occupied by Benjamin Valz, who left to become the new director of the Marseille Observatory. He entrusted his former observatory to A. Laurent, who later found the asteroid. The house, at 32 rue Nationale in Nmes, has a plaque commemorating the discovery. http://www.netnimes.com/centre_ville_8.htm A small satellite has been suggested based on lightcurve data. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoonsq.html
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