Discovered by J. Coggia, 1878 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.3856 AU (506.48 Gm) Discovered 11 April 1878 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 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.
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