468 Lina

Infobox Planet
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name=468 Lina
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discovery=yes
discoverer=Max Wolf
discovered=January 18, 1901
alt_names=1901 FZ, A915 PA, A918 EB
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semimajor=3.130 AU
perihelion=
aphelion=
eccentricity=0.198
period=5.54 yr
inclination=0.440°
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avg_speed=
dimensions=69.34 km
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albedo=0.043
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468 Lina is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 18, 1901 at Heidelberg. Its provisional name was 1901 FZ. This asteroid was named Lina after the housemaid of Max Wolf's family. [cite book
first=Lutz D.
last=Schmadel
year=2003
title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
publisher=Springer
isbn=3540002383 ] It is a core member of the Themis family of asteroids.

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*cite web
last=Yeomans | first=Donald K. | year=2003
url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=468
title=468 Lina (1901 FZ)
work=JPL Small-Body Database Browser | publisher=NASA/JPL
accessdate=2008-05-06