- 203 Pompeja
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=203 Pompeja
discoverer=C. H. F. Peters
discovered=September 25 ,1879
alt_names=A895 EA
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January ,2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=409.322 Gm (2.736 AU)
perihelion=384.513 Gm (2.57 AU)
aphelion=434.131 Gm (2.902 AU)
eccentricity=0.061
period=1653.102 d (4.53 a)
inclination=3.185°
asc_node=348.019°
arg_peri=59.83°
mean_anomaly=210.675°
avg_speed=18.01 km/s
dimensions=116.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=46.60 h
spectral_type=DCX:
abs_magnitude=8.76
albedo=0.041
single_temperature="unknown"203 Pompeja is a quite large Main belt
asteroid .It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on
September 25 ,1879 in Clinton, New York and named afterPompeii , the Roman town destroyed in volcanic eruption in 79 AD.References
* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html Asteroid Lightcurve Parameters]
* [http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/albedo.html Asteroid Albedo Compilation]
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