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272 Antonia

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Discovered by
  
Auguste Charlois

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Aphelion
  
2.8529 AU (426.79 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
10.7

Discoverer
  
Auguste Charlois

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
4 February 1888

Observation arc
  
97.35 yr (35557 d)

Discovered
  
4 February 1888

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Nice Observatory

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Perihelion
  
2.70319 AU (404.391 Gm)

Similar
  
441 Bathilde, 302 Clarissa, 317 Roxane, 360 Carlova, 266 Aline

272 Antonia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on February 4, 1888 in Nice.

Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico gave a light curve with a short rotation period of 3.8548 ± 0.0001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.43 ± 0.04 in magnitude.

References

272 Antonia Wikipedia