252 Clementina

Clementina (minor planet designation: 252 Clementina) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin on 11 October 1885 in Nice, France.[3] The origin of the name is not known.

252 Clementina
Discovery
Discovered byJ. Perrotin
Discovery date11 October 1885
Designations
(252) Clementina
A885 TB
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc130.51 yr (47667 d)
Aphelion3.3790 AU (505.49 Gm)
Perihelion2.93952 AU (439.746 Gm)
3.15924 AU (472.616 Gm)
Eccentricity0.069548
5.62 yr (2051.0 d)
16.77 km/s
131.151°
0° 10m 31.876s / day
Inclination10.044°
202.043°
155.886°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions69.29±4.4 km
10.864 h (0.4527 d)[1][2]
0.0843±0.012
9.7

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2012 gave a light curve with a period of 10.864 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.37 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This result is in agreement with previous studies.[2]

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "252 Clementina", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 12 May 2016.
    2. Pilcher, Frederick (October 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 47 Aglaja, 252 Clementina, 611 Valeria, 627 Charis, and 756 Lilliana", Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 39, pp. 220–222, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..220P.
    3. "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.


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