Discovered by Auguste Charlois Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 19 August 1890 Discoverer Auguste Charlois Asteroid family Flora family | Discovery date 19 August 1890 Observation arc 85.28 yr (31149 d) Orbits Sun Named after Phaethusa Discovery site Nice Observatory | |
Aphelion 2.58669 AU (386.963 Gm) Perihelion 1.87025 AU (279.785 Gm) Similar 272 Antonia, 441 Bathilde, 317 Roxane, 302 Clarissa, 355 Gabriella | ||
296 Phaëtusa is a small Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1890 in Nice.
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