52 Europa

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
52 Europa, diameter 289 km, was discovered on February 4, 1858 by H. Goldschmidt. It is named after Europa, one of Zeus's conquests in Greek mythology. Europa is the ninth largest known main belt asteroid and very dark in color. It belongs to the Hygiea asteroid family. It should not be confused with Jupiter's moon Europa.

External links

  • http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Bright/2003/00052.html

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