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119 Althaea

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Discovered by
  
James Craig Watson

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Aphelion
  
2.7896 AU (417.32 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discoverer
  
James Craig Watson

Discovery site
  
Detroit Observatory

Discovery date
  
3 April 1872

Observation arc
  
143.99 yr (52593 d)

Discovered
  
3 April 1872

Spectral type
  
S-type asteroid

Named after
  
Althaea

119 Althaea

Perihelion
  
2.37335 AU (355.048 Gm)

James Craig Watson discoveries
  
132 Aethra, 161 Athor, 174 Phaedra

119 Althaea is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872, and named after Althaea, the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology. Two occultations by Althaea were observed in 2002, only a month apart.

Based upon its spectrum, this is classified as an S-type asteroid. Photometric observations made in 1988 at the Félix Aguilar Observatory produced a light curve with a period of 11.484 ± 0.010 hours with a brightness variation of 0.365 ± 0.010 in magnitude.

References

119 Althaea Wikipedia