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400 Ducrosa

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Discovered by
  
Auguste Charlois

Alternative names
  
1895 BU

Observation arc
  
121.08 yr (44225 d)

Inclination
  
10.5354°

Discoverer
  
Auguste Charlois

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
15 March 1895

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Discovered
  
15 March 1895

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Nice Observatory

400 Ducrosa

Aphelion
  
3.49063 AU (522.191 Gm)

Similar
  
441 Bathilde, 355 Gabriella, 360 Carlova, 302 Clarissa, 272 Antonia

400 Ducrosa is a typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 15, 1895 in Nice.

Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a period of 6.87 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.62 ± 0.02 in magnitude.

References

400 Ducrosa Wikipedia