| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Background: |
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| 246 Asporina | |
| Discovered: | 6 March 1885 |
| Mpc Name: | (246) Asporina |
| Named After: | Asporina |
| Alt Names: | A885 EA |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 2.69355AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.39768AU |
| Aphelion: | 2.98941abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.10984 |
| Period: | 4.42 yr (1614.7 d) |
| Inclination: | 15.6259° |
| Asc Node: | 162.347° |
| Arg Peri: | 96.6218° |
| Avg Speed: | 18.14 km/s |
| Rotation: | 16.222abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Abs Magnitude: | 8.62 |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Orbit Ref: | [1] |
| Observation Arc: | 130.96 yr (47834 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
246 Asporina is a sizeable main-belt asteroid. It is classified as one of the few A-type asteroids.
It was discovered by A. Borrelly on 6 March 1885 in Marseilles and was named after Asporina, a goddess worshipped on Mount Asporenus, Asia Minor.[2]
The spectrum of 246 Asporina reveals the strong presence of the mineral olivine, a relative rarity in the asteroid belt.