Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Édouard Stephan |
Discovery date | November 4, 1866 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (91) Aegina |
Named after
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Aegina |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
Aphelion | 428.453 Gm (2.864 AU) |
Perihelion | 346.826 Gm (2.318 AU) |
387.640 Gm (2.591 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.105 |
1523.536 d (4.17 a) | |
Average orbital speed
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18.45 km/s |
183.458° | |
Inclination | 2.109° |
10.806° | |
73.371° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 109.8 km |
Mass | 1.4×1018 kg |
Mean density
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? g/cm³ |
0.0307 m/s² | |
0.0580 km/s | |
? d | |
Albedo | 0.043 |
Temperature | ~173 K |
Spectral type
|
C |
8.84 | |
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.