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Asteroid 51 Nemausa


Named after the city of Nīmes, France, (in its Latin name).

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

ClassificationMain-belt asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2447514,5
Semi major axis2,3656 AU
Period [Julian yrs]3,638 Julian years
Inclination9,957 °
Eccentricity0,0654
Lon. of ascending node176,282 °
Argument of perihelion2,288 °
Passage of perihelion1989-Mar-27.135302
Aphelion distance2,5203 AU
Mean anomaly333,415 °

Physical Data
Radius73,93 km
Rotation period7,783 days
Absolute magnitude (H)7,3825
Magnitude Slope (G)0,08
Color index (B-V)0,789
Geometric albedo0,0928
Spectral classCh

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererA. Laurent
Discovered1858-01-22

Data File
Data File Name51_Nemausa.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00