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377 Campania

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Discovered by
  
Auguste Charlois

Alternative names
  
1893 AN

Observation arc
  
122.52 yr (44749 d)

Discovered
  
20 September 1893

Discoverer
  
Auguste Charlois

Discovery site
  
Nice Observatory

Discovery date
  
20 September 1893

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Aphelion
  
2.9003 AU (433.88 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Campania

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

377 Campania

Similar
  
441 Bathilde, 360 Carlova, 375 Ursula, 423 Diotima, 345 Tercidina

377 Campania is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on September 20, 1893 in Nice.

Photometric observations of this asteroid made at the Torino Observatory in Italy during 1990–1991 were used to determine a synodic rotation period of 8.507 ± 0.003 hours.

References

377 Campania Wikipedia