Discovered by C. H. F. Peters Alternative names A895 EA Observation arc 136.43 yr (49832 d) Discovered 25 September 1879 Named after Pompeii Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 25 September 1879 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 2.8968 AU (433.36 Gm) Orbits Sun Discovery site Litchfield Observatory | |
Discoverer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters Similar 165 Loreley, 188 Menippe, 196 Philomela, 167 Urda, 264 Libussa | ||
203 Pompeja is a quite large main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 25, 1879, in Clinton, New York, and named after Pompeii, the Roman town destroyed in volcanic eruption in AD 79.
Based upon Photometric observations taken during 2011, it has a synodic rotation period of 24.052 ± 0.001 h, with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.10 ± 0.01 in magnitude. Because the rotation period nearly matches that of the Earth, it required coordinated observations from multiple observatories at widely spaced latitudes to produce a complete light curve.
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