| b>52 Europa |
| bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Orbital characteristics 1 |
| rbit type | Main belt (Hygiea) |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Semimajor-axis" title="Semimajor axis">Semimajor axis | 3.098 AU |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Perihelion" title="Perihelion">Perihelion distance | 2.784 AU |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Aphelion" title="Aphelion">Aphelion distance | 3.412 AU |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Orbital-period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Inclination" title="Inclination">Inclination | 7.47° |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Eccentricity-(orbit)" title="Eccentricity (orbit)">Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter | 289 km |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Rotation-period" title="Rotation period">Rotation period 3 | 5.633 hours |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Asteroid#Spectral_classification" title="Asteroid#Spectral_classification">Spectral class 1 | C |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Absolute-magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">Abs. magnitude 1 | 6.31 |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Albedo" title="Albedo">Albedo 1 4 | 0.058 |
| bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | History 2 |
| iscoverer | H. Goldschmidt, 1858 |