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Asteroid 125 Liberatrix


The name is believed to mark the liberation of France at the collapse of the Second French Empire in 1870.

This file is not available for download, but provided by the Alcyone Ephemeris Small Body Data File DVD.

ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2454200,5
Semi major axis2,7424 AU
Period [Julian yrs]4,542 Julian years
Inclination4,656 °
Eccentricity0,0813
Lon. of ascending node169,160 °
Argument of perihelion110,132 °
Passage of perihelion2008-Feb-28.290533
Aphelion distance2,9655 AU
Mean anomaly289,623 °

Physical Data
Radius21,79 km
Rotation period3,968 days
Absolute magnitude (H)9,04
Magnitude Slope (G)0,33
Color index (B-V)0,705
Geometric albedo0,2253
Spectral classX

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererProsper Henry
Discovered1872-09-11

Data File
Data File Name125_Liberatrix.aed
Data File Date2006-12-23
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00