- 372 Palma
Minor Planet | name=372 Palma
discoverer=Auguste Charlois
discovery_date=August 19 ,1893
designations=1893 AH
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January ,2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=470.409 Gm (3.144 AU)
perihelion=346.768 Gm (2.318 AU)
aphelion=594.05 Gm (3.971 AU)
eccentricity=0.263
period=2036.644 d (5.58 a)
inclination=23.866°
asc_node=327.47°
arg_peri=116.087°
mean_anomaly=253.584°
speed=16.8 km/s
dimensions=189.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=7.2
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"372 Palma is one of the largest Main belt
asteroid s.It was discovered by
Auguste Charlois onAugust 19 ,1893 inNice . It is thought to be named for the capital city ofMajorca , an island in the Balerics (Spain ), which are located south of France. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute). [ Schmadel Lutz D. "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names" (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN-10: 3540002383.]References
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