132 Aethra

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132 Aethra is an M-type main-belt asteroid. It has a rather eccentric orbit that sometimes brings it closer to the Sun than the planet Mars. It was discovered by James Craig Watson in 1873 and is the first such Mars-crosser asteroid to be identified.

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apoapsis (km)

5.41843e+11

average speed (km/s)

63792.0

orbital period (μ)

1.3294e+08

periapsis (km)

2.38609e+11

temperature (K)

168.0

absolute magnitude

9.21

albedo

0.199

discovery date

1873-06-13

discoverer

James Craig Watson

epoch

July 14 2004 (JD 2453200.5)

escape velocity (kmh)

82.8

former name

A922 XB; 1949 MD; 1953 LF

rotation period (s)

18601.9