252 Clementina

Minor Planet | name=252 Clementina
discoverer=J. Perrotin
discovery_date=October 11, 1885
designations="n/a"
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=472.108 Gm (3.156 AU)
perihelion=436.117 Gm (2.915 AU)
aphelion=508.1 Gm (3.396 AU)
eccentricity=0.076
period=2047.692 d (5.61 a)
inclination=10.065°
asc_node=202.295°
arg_peri=154.165°
mean_anomaly=115.613°
speed=16.77 km/s
dimensions=69.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=9.1
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

252 Clementina is a main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Perrotin on October 11, 1885 in Nice.

Source of the name is not known, but is believed to be the name of Perrotin's first cat.

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]