246 Asporina

Minor Planet | name=246 Asporina
discoverer=A. Borrelly
discovery_date=March 6, 1885
designations="n/a"
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=403.264 Gm (2.696 AU)
perihelion=360.228 Gm (2.408 AU)
aphelion=446.299 Gm (2.983 AU)
eccentricity=0.107
period=1616.538 d (4.43 a)
inclination=15.645°
asc_node=162.53°
arg_peri=95.238°
mean_anomaly=318.054°
speed=18.14 km/s
dimensions=60.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=16.222 h
spectral_class=R
abs_mag=8.62
albedo=0.174
temperature="unknown"

246 Asporina is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is classified as one of the few R-type asteroids.

It was discovered by A. Borrelly on March 6, 1885 in Marseilles and was named after Asporina, a goddess worshipped in Asia Minor.

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://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]