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187 Lamberta

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Discovered by
  
J. Coggia, 1878

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Aphelion
  
3.3856 AU (506.48 Gm)

Discovered
  
11 April 1878

Spectral type
  
C-type asteroid

Discovery site
  
Marseille Observatory

Discovery date
  
11 April 1878

Observation arc
  
113.41 yr (41424 d)

Perihelion
  
2.0695 AU (309.59 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discoverer
  
Jérôme Eugène Coggia

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Similar
  
188 Menippe, 162 Laurentia, 165 Loreley, 193 Ambrosia, 196 Philomela

187 Lamberta is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French (Corsican) astronomer Jérôme Eugène Coggia on April 11, 1878, and named after the astronomer Johann Heinrich Lambert. It was the second of Coggia's five asteroid discoveries.

The spectrum matches a classification of a C-type asteroid, which may mean it has a composition of primitive carbonaceous materials. It is a dark object as indicated by the low albedo and has an estimated size of about 131 km.

References

187 Lamberta Wikipedia