- 181 Eucharis
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=181 Eucharis
discoverer=Pablo Cottenot
discovered=February 2 ,1878
alt_names=A906 GA
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=June 14 ,2006 (JD 2453900.5)
semimajor=469.672 Gm (3.140 AU)
perihelion=376.603 Gm (2.517 AU)
aphelion=562.742 Gm (3.762 AU)
eccentricity=0.198
period=2031.902 d (5.56 a)
inclination=18.801°
asc_node=143.652°
arg_peri=317.284°
mean_anomaly=95.743°
avg_speed=16.64 km/s
dimensions=106.0 km
mass=1.2e|18? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0296? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0560? km/s
rotation=>1 d (>24 h)
spectral_type=K
abs_magnitude=7.84
albedo=0.115 [http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html 4]
single_temperature=~156 K181 Eucharis is a large, slowly rotating Main belt
asteroid . It is classified as aK-type asteroid . It is named afterEucharis , a Greeknymph .It was discovered by French
astronomer Pablo Cottenot onFebruary 2 ,1878 fromMarseille Observatory . It was his only asteroid discovery.
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