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297 Caecilia

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Discovered by
  
Auguste Charlois

Minor planet category
  
Main Belt

Aphelion
  
3.6149 AU (540.78 Gm)

Discovered
  
9 September 1890

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Nice Observatory

Discovery date
  
9 September 1890

Observation arc
  
115.88 yr (42326 d)

Perihelion
  
2.7117 AU (405.66 Gm)

Inclination
  
7.5526°

Discoverer
  
Auguste Charlois

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

297 Caecilia

Similar
  
441 Bathilde, 317 Roxane, 302 Clarissa, 277 Elvira, 360 Carlova

297 Caecilia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 9, 1890 in Nice.

Photometric observations during 2003 showed a rotation period of 6.163 ± 0.004 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 in magnitude.

References

297 Caecilia Wikipedia