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Asteroid 32 Pomona


Named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees.

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

ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2445575,5
Semi major axis2,5862 AU
Period [Julian yrs]4,159 Julian years
Inclination5,519 °
Eccentricity0,0851
Lon. of ascending node220,796 °
Argument of perihelion336,315 °
Passage of perihelion1985-Aug-15.579316
Aphelion distance2,8062 AU
Mean anomaly189,949 °

Physical Data
Radius40,38 km
Rotation period9,448 days
Absolute magnitude (H)7,4744
Magnitude Slope (G)0,15
Color index (B-V)0,857
Geometric albedo0,2564
Spectral classS

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererHermann Goldschmidt
Discovered1854-10-26

Data File
Data File Name32_Pomona.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00