Discovered by Édouard Stephan Minor planet category Main belt Perihelion 346.826 Gm (2.318 AU) Discovered 4 November 1866 Named after Aegina | Discovery date November 4, 1866 Aphelion 428.453 Gm (2.864 AU) Semi-major axis 387.640 Gm (2.591 AU) Discoverer Édouard Stephan Discovery site Marseille Observatory | |
Édouard Stephan discoveries 89 Julia, NGC 7319, NGC 6027, Stephan's Quintet | ||
91 Aegina (/ᵻˈdʒaɪnə/ i-JY-nə) is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface coloring is very dark and the asteroid has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by a French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan on November 4, 1866. It was his second and final asteroid discovery. The first was 89 Julia. The asteroid's name comes from Aegina, a Greek mythological figure associated with the island of the same name.
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