409 Aspasia Explained

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409 Aspasia
Discovered:9 December 1895
Mpc Name:(409) Aspasia
Alt Names:1895 CE
Adjective:Aspasian
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:2.5752AU
Perihelion:2.3865AU
Aphelion:2.764abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.073284
Period:4.13 yr (1509.5 d)
Inclination:11.262°
Asc Node:242.19°
Arg Peri:353.72°
Dimensions:
176.33 ± 4.50 km
Density:4.10 ± 0.84 g/cm3
Rotation:9.022abbr=onNaNabbr=on
9.021 h
Abs Magnitude:7.62
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:120.33 yr (43952 d)
Uncertainty:0

409 Aspasia is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 9 December 1895 in Nice. It is classified as a CX-type asteroid.

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during 2007–8 gave a light curve with a period of 9.021455 ± 0.000009 hours. This is consistent with previous results.

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