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Asteroid 92 Undina


Named the eponymous heroine of Undine, a popular novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

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ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid
FamilyVeritas asteroid family

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2442135,5
Semi major axis3,2006 AU
Period [Julian yrs]5,726 Julian years
Inclination9,876 °
Eccentricity0,0782
Lon. of ascending node102,376 °
Argument of perihelion242,168 °
Passage of perihelion1976-Jul-28.384565
Aphelion distance3,4508 AU
Mean anomaly213,282 °

Physical Data
Radius63,21 km
Rotation period15,94 days
Absolute magnitude (H)6,6226
Magnitude Slope (G)0,15
Color index (B-V)0,725
Geometric albedo0,2509
Spectral classXc

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Discovered1867-07-07

Data File
Data File Name92_Undina.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00