Discovery date 21 April 1876 Minor planet category main belt Aphelion 3.5574 AU (532.18 Gm) Orbits Sun Discovery site Paris Observatory | MPC designation 162 Observation arc 113.88 yr (41596 d) Discovered 21 April 1876 Named after A. Laurent Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Discovered by Paul Henry and Prosper Henry Discoverers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry, Paul Henry, Prosper Henry Similar 161 Athor, 188 Menippe, 127 Johanna, 165 Loreley, 167 Urda | ||
162 Laurentia is a large and dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the French brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on April 21, 1876, and named after A. Laurent, an amateur astronomer who discovered asteroid 51 Nemausa.
An occultation by Laurentia was observed from Clive, Alberta on November 21, 1999.
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.
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