95 Arethusa

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name=95 Arethusa
discoverer=Karl Theodor Robert Luther
discovered=November 23, 1867
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=458.925 Gm (3.068 AU)
perihelion=390.547 Gm (2.611 AU)
aphelion=527.303 Gm (3.525 AU)
eccentricity=0.149
period=1962.561 d (5.37 a)
inclination=12.998°
asc_node=243.148°
arg_peri=155.023°
mean_anomaly=326.964°
avg_speed=16.91 km/s
dimensions=136.0 km
mass=2.6e|18 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0380 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0719 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=C
abs_magnitude=7.84
albedo=0.070 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~159 K

95 Arethusa "(arr'-ə-thew'-zə," IPAEng|ˈærɨθjuːzə) 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.

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