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Asteroid 45 Eugenia


Named after Empress Eugenia di Montijo, the wife of Napoleon III.

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

ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid
NotesOne 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
Epoch2446393,5
Semi major axis2,7205 AU
Period [Julian yrs]4,487 Julian years
Inclination6,595 °
Eccentricity0,0837
Lon. of ascending node148,164 °
Argument of perihelion86,040 °
Passage of perihelion1987-May-25.760767
Aphelion distance2,9483 AU
Mean anomaly239,687 °

Physical Data
Radius107,32 km
Rotation period5,699 days
Absolute magnitude (H)7,4074
Magnitude Slope (G)0,07
Color index (B-V)0,676
Geometric albedo0,0398
Spectral classC

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererHermann Goldschmidt
Discovered1857-06-27

Data File
Data File Name45_Eugenia.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00