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Asteroid 25 Phocaea


Named after Phocaea, the ancient Greek name for Foça in Turkey.

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ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2448330,5
Semi major axis2,4000 AU
Period [Julian yrs]3,718 Julian years
Inclination21,572 °
Eccentricity0,2561
Lon. of ascending node214,352 °
Argument of perihelion90,491 °
Passage of perihelion1991-Jul-05.946363
Aphelion distance3,0146 AU
Mean anomaly330,060 °

Physical Data
Radius37,57 km
Rotation period9,945 days
Absolute magnitude (H)7,7802
Magnitude Slope (G)0,15
Color index (B-V)0,932
Geometric albedo0,231
Spectral classS

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererJean Chacornac
Discovered1853-04-06

Data File
Data File Name25_Phocaea.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00