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 asteroids.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1893 in Nice. It is thought to be named for the capital city of Majorca, 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.]

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