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120 Lachesis is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on April 10 1872 and independently by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on April 11 1872 then named after Lachesis one of the Moirai or Fates in Greek mythology.

average speed (km/s)
60696.0
mass (kg)
5500.0
orbital period (μ)
1.73588e+08
periapsis (km)
4.3848e+11
temperature (K)
158.0
absolute magnitude
7.75
discovery date
1872-04-10
discoverer
Alphonse Borrelly
epoch
December 31 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
escape velocity (kmh)
331.2
rotation period (s)
167584.0

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