Discovered by J. Perrotin Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.3790 AU (505.49 Gm) Inclination 10.044° Discovery site Nice Observatory | Discovery date 11 October 1885 Observation arc 130.51 yr (47667 d) Discovered 11 October 1885 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Perihelion 2.93952 AU (439.746 Gm) Discoverer Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin Similar 441 Bathilde, 276 Adelheid, 220 Stephania, 230 Athamantis, 272 Antonia | ||
252 Clementina is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin on October 11, 1885 in Nice, France. The origin of the name is not certain, but is believed to be named either after the Roman goddess, Clementia, or the name of Perrotin's first cat.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2012 gave a light curve with a period of 10.864 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.37 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This result is in agreement with previous studies.
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