| Minorplanet: | yes |
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| 227 Philosophia | |
| Discovered: | 12 August 1882 |
| Mpc Name: | (227) Philosophia |
| Alt Names: | A882 PA, 1919 AA , |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 3.16366AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.56007AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.7673abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.19079 |
| Period: | 5.63 yr (2055.3 d) |
| Inclination: | 9.1539° |
| Asc Node: | 326.254° |
| Arg Peri: | 267.020° |
| Avg Speed: | 16.78 km/s |
| Rotation: | 52.98abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Abs Magnitude: | 9.1 |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Observation Arc: | 108.20 yr (39519 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
227 Philosophia is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the French astronomer Paul-Pierre Henry on August 12, 1882, in Paris and named after the topic of philosophy. Based upon photometric observations, it has a synodic rotation period of 52.98 ± 0.01 with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.02 in magnitude.