Asteroid 45 Eugenia
Named after Empress Eugenia di Montijo, the wife of Napoleon III.
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Classification | Main-belt Asteroid |
Notes | One of the first asteroids to be found to have a moon orbiting it.
Eugenia's moon has been named (45) Eugenia I Petit-Prince, after Empress Eugenia's son, the Prince Imperial. |
Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch | 2446393,5 |
Semi major axis | 2,7205 AU |
Period [Julian yrs] | 4,487 Julian years |
Inclination | 6,595 ° |
Eccentricity | 0,0837 |
Lon. of ascending node | 148,164 ° |
Argument of perihelion | 86,040 ° |
Passage of perihelion | 1987-May-25.760767 |
Aphelion distance | 2,9483 AU |
Mean anomaly | 239,687 ° |
Physical Data
Radius | 107,32 km |
Rotation period | 5,699 days |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 7,4074 |
Magnitude Slope (G) | 0,07 |
Color index (B-V) | 0,676 |
Geometric albedo | 0,0398 |
Spectral class | C |
Discovery Circumstances
Discoverer | Hermann Goldschmidt |
Discovered | 1857-06-27 |
Data File
Data File Name | 45_Eugenia.aed |
Data File Date | 2006-07-19 |
Data File Size | 2714 kB |
Covered Period | 1800,00 - 2100,00 |
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