Observation arc 106.96 yr (39067 d) Discovered 20 May 1890 | Discovery date 20 May 1890 Aphelion 3.1657 AU (473.58 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Minor planet category Main belt (Brasilia clump) Perihelion 2.55398 AU (382.070 Gm) Similar 441 Bathilde, 302 Clarissa, 317 Roxane, 277 Elvira, 360 Carlova | ||
293 Brasilia is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on May 20, 1890 in Nice.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Leura Observatory in Leura, Australia during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 8.173 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.03 in magnitude.
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