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95 Arethusa

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Discovery date
  
23 November 1867

Observation arc
  
143.53 yr (52424 d)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discoverer
  
Robert Luther

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Discovered
  
23 November 1867

Spectral type
  
C-type asteroid

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

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Discovered by
  
Karl Theodor Robert Luther

Aphelion
  
3.53176 AU (528.344 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.59737 AU (388.561 Gm)

Discovery site
  
Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory

Similar
  
Robert Luther discoveries, Other celestial objects

95 Arethusa (/ˌærˈθjzə/ ARR-ə-THEW-zə) is a large main-belt asteroid. Its coloring is dark, its composition carbonaceous and primitive. It was discovered by Robert Luther on November 23, 1867, and named after one of the various Arethusas in Greek mythology. Arethusa has been observed occulting a star three times: first on February 2, 1998, and twice in January 2003.

References

95 Arethusa Wikipedia