| Minorplanet: | yes |
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| 208 Lacrimosa | |
| Discovered: | 21 October 1879 |
| Mpc Name: | (208) Lacrimosa |
| Alt Names: | A879 UB |
| Named After: | Our Lady of Sorrows (lacrimōsa) |
| Mp Category: | Main belt (Koronis) |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 2.8932AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.85551AU |
| Aphelion: | 2.9309abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.013028 |
| Period: | 1797.5days |
| Inclination: | 1.7458° |
| Asc Node: | 4.2626° |
| Arg Peri: | 108.363° |
| Avg Speed: | 17.51 km/s |
| Rotation: | 14.085734abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Abs Magnitude: | 8.96 |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Observation Arc: | 42049days |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
208 Lacrimosa is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on October 21, 1879, in Pola. The name derives from Our Lady of Sorrows, a title given to Mary, the mother of Jesus. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of with a period of 1797.5days and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.013. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 1.7° to the plane of the ecliptic.
During 2003, the asteroid was observed occulting a star. The resulting chords provided a cross-section diameter estimate of 44.3 km. 10μ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 42 km for this asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid and is one of the largest members of the Koronis asteroid family. Hence it is probably a piece of the original asteroid that was shattered in an ancient impact that created the family.