Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1894 BG Observation arc 112.56 yr (41112 d) Discovered 4 November 1894 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 4 November 1894 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.6980 AU (553.21 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Lampetia | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 417 Suevia, 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 471 Papagena | ||
393 Lampetia is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on November 4, 1894 in Heidelberg. It has an unusually low rotation rate, with a period estimated at 38.7 hours and a brightness variation of 0.14 in magnitude.
In 2000, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.98 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 125 ± 20 km.
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