Discovered by Auguste Charlois Alternative names 1895 BZ Observation arc 116.83 yr (42671 d) Discovered 23 July 1895 Discoverer Auguste Charlois Discovery site Nice Observatory | Discovery date 23 July 1895 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.2130 AU (480.66 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Theia Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 354 Eleonora, 360 Carlova, 409 Aspasia, 375 Ursula, 349 Dembowska | ||
20110623 object 405 thia occultation
405 Thia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. This object was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 23, 1895, in Nice, and was named after Theia (sometimes written Thea or Thia), a Titaness in Greek mythology.
In 2002, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.31 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 125 ± 16 km.
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