Discovered by Johann Palisa Alternative names 1930 FW Observation arc 136.05 yr (49694 d) Discovered 6 February 1880 Discoverer Johann Palisa Discovery site Pola Observatory | Discovery date 6 February 1880 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.4422 AU (514.95 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Medea Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 201 Penelope, 153 Hilda, 208 Lacrimosa, 76 Freia, 142 Polana | ||
212 Medea is a very large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 6, 1880, in Pola, and was named after Medea, a figure in Greek mythology.
Photometric observations of this asteroid in 1987 gave an incomplete light curve with a period of 10.12 ± 0.06 hours and a brightness variation of 0.13 in magnitude. This object has a spectrum that matches a DCX: classification. Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center. They found a period of 10.283 hours with a brightness variation of 0.08 magnitude.
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