Discovered by G. Witt Alternative names 1896 DA Observation arc 109.00 yr (39811 d) Orbits Sun Named after Berlin Discovery site Urania Sternwarte | Discovery date 8 October 1896 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 8 October 1896 Discoverer Carl Gustav Witt Asteroid family Flora family | |
Aphelion 2.70724 AU (404.997 Gm) Similar 423 Diotima, 441 Bathilde, 417 Suevia | ||
422 Berolina is a typical Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by G. Witt on October 8, 1896 in Berlin. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was the famous asteroid 433 Eros.
Although it has an orbit similar to the Flora family asteroids, it appears to be an unrelated interloper due to not being of the S spectral type (see the PDS asteroid taxonomy data set).
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