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Asteroid 8 Flora


Named after Flora, in Roman mythology the goddess of flowers and the season of spring. She was married to Favonius, the wind god.

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ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid
FamilyFlora family

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2447011,5
Semi major axis2,2010 AU
Period [Julian yrs]3,265 Julian years
Inclination5,887 °
Eccentricity0,1566
Lon. of ascending node111,146 °
Argument of perihelion285,064 °
Passage of perihelion1988-Feb-25.357743
Aphelion distance2,5457 AU
Mean anomaly298,015 °

Physical Data
Radius67,94 km
Rotation period12,799 days
Absolute magnitude (H)6,3337
Magnitude Slope (G)0,28
Color index (B-V)0,885
Geometric albedo0,2426
Spectral classn.a.

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererJohn Russell Hind
Discovered1847-10-18

Data File
Data File Name8_Flora.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00