72 Feronia

72 Feronia
A three-dimensional model of 72 Feronia based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered byChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Discovery dateMay 29, 1861
Designations
MPC designation(72) Feronia
Pronunciation/fɛˈroʊniə/[1]
Named after
Feronia
Main belt
AdjectivesFeronian
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion2.539 AU (379.8 Gm)
Perihelion1.993 AU (298.1 Gm)
2.266 AU (339.0 Gm)
Eccentricity0.121
1,246.123 days (3.41 a)
146.950°
Inclination5.417°
208.137°
102.608°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions83.95±4.02 km[2]
Mass(3.32±8.49)×1018 kg[2]
Mean density
10.71±27.44 g/cm3[2]
8.09068 h[3]
287 or 102[3]
−39 or −55[3]
0.063[4]
TDG[5]
8.94

72 Feronia (minor planet designation: 72 Feronia) is a somewhat large and dark Main belt asteroid. It was the first asteroid that C. H. F. Peters discovered on May 29, 1861, in Hamilton College, New York.[6] At first, people thought that Peters saw the already known asteroid 66 Maja. But T.H. Safford showed that it was a new body. Safford named it after Feronia, a Roman fertility goddess.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73: 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, S2CID 119226456. See Table 1.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hanuš, J.; et al. (September 2013), "Sizes of main-belt asteroids by combining shape models and Keck adaptive optics observations", Icarus, 226 (1): 1045−1057, arXiv:1308.0446, Bibcode:2013Icar..226.1045H, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.07.023, S2CID 118710558.
  4. ↑ "Asteroid Data Sets". Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
  5. ↑ *JPL Small-Body Database Browser
  6. ↑ Sheehan, William (1999), "Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters", Biographical Memoirs, vol. 76, National Academies Press, p. 289, ISBN 0309064341.
  7. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 22. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2008-12-31.