Lydia

110 Lydia
Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Orbit type Main belt (Lydia)
Semimajor axis 2.732 AU
Perihelion distance 2.514 AU
Aphelion distance 2.950 AU
Orbital period 4.52 years
Inclination 5.97°
Eccentricity 0.080
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Diameter 86.1 km
Rotation period 10.927 hours
Spectral class M
Abs. magnitude 7.80
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) 0.181
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer A. Borrelly, 1870


110 Lydia is a quite large Main belt asteroid composed of fairly pure nickel-iron. Lydia asteroid family is named after it.

It was discovered by A. Borrelly on April 19, 1870. It was his second asteroid discovery.

Lydia occulted a dim star on September 18, 1999.



de:Lydia (Asteroid) es:(110) Lidia

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