162 Laurentia

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162 Laurentia
162Laurentia (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 162 Laurentia based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Paul Henry and Prosper Henry
Discovery site Paris
Discovery date21 April 1876
Designations
(162) Laurentia
Pronunciation /lɒˈrɛnʃiə/ [1]
Named after
Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent
A876 HB
main belt
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 113.88 yr (41596 d)
Aphelion 3.5574  AU (532.18  Gm)
Perihelion 2.4779 AU (370.69 Gm)
3.0177 AU (451.44 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.17887
5.24 yr (1914.7 d)
300.020°
0° 11m 16.872s / day
Inclination 6.0977°
35.539°
116.277°
Earth  MOID 1.49465 AU (223.596 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID 1.47116 AU (220.082 Gm)
TJupiter 3.214
Physical characteristics
Dimensions97.021±0.493  km [2]
Mass (1.452 ± 0.658/0.289)×1018 kg [3]
Mean density
3.037 ± 1.376/0.604 g/cm3 [3]
11.8686  h (0.49453  d) [2] [4]
0.051±0.006 [2]
C
9.16 [2]

    162 Laurentia is a large and dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the French brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on 21 April 1876, and named after Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, an amateur astronomer who discovered asteroid 51 Nemausa.

    An occultation by Laurentia was observed from Clive, Alberta on 21 November 1999.[ citation needed ]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid from multiple observatories during 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 11.8686 ± 0.0004 hours and a brightness variation of 0.40 ± 0.05 in magnitude. This is in agreement with previous studies in 1994 and 2007. [4]

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