- 76 Freia
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=76 Freia
discoverer=Heinrich d'Arrest
discovered=October 21 ,1862
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt (Cybele)
epoch=December 31 ,2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=511.306 Gm (3.418 AU)
perihelion=427.898 Gm (2.860 AU)
aphelion=594.715 Gm (3.975 AU)
eccentricity=0.163
period=2307.979 d (6.32 a)
inclination=2.116°
asc_node=204.535°
arg_peri=254.070°
mean_anomaly=299.268°
avg_speed=16.00 km/s
dimensions=183.7 km
mass=6.5e|18 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0513 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0971 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=CP
abs_magnitude=7.90
albedo=0.036 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~151 K76 Freia "(frye'-ə," IPAEng|ˈfraɪə) is a very large
main belt asteroid . It orbits in the outer part of the asteroid belt and is classified as aCybele asteroid . Its composition is very primitive and it is extremely dark in color. Freia was discovered by theastronomer Heinrich d'Arrest onOctober 21 ,1862 inCopenhagen ,Denmark . It was his first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after the goddessFreyja inNorse mythology .References
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