Discovered by Auguste Charlois Alternative names 1893 G Observation arc 123.10 yr (44961 d) Discovered 21 January 1893 Discoverer Auguste Charlois Discovery site Nice Observatory | Discovery date 21 January 1893 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.4123 AU (510.47 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Liguria Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 360 Carlova, 375 Ursula, 372 Palma, 230 Athamantis, 423 Diotima | ||
356 Liguria is a very large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 21, 1893, in Nice. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute), and was named for the Italian region.
13-cm radar observations of this asteroid from the Arecibo Observatory between 1980 and 1985 were used to produce a diameter estimate of 155 km.
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