248 Lameia

Minor Planet | name=248 Lameia
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovery_date=June 5, 1885
designations=1959 LO
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=369.75 Gm (2.472 AU)
perihelion=345.599 Gm (2.31 AU)
aphelion=393.9 Gm (2.633 AU)
eccentricity=0.065
period=1419.265 d (3.89 a)
inclination=4.05°
asc_node=247.071°
arg_peri=10.586°
mean_anomaly=278.559°
speed=18.95 km/s
dimensions=49.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=12.00 h
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=10.21
albedo=0.061
temperature="unknown"

248 Lameia is a quite typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on June 5, 1885 in Vienna and was named after Lamia, a lover of Zeus.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]