141 Lumen is a dark (C-type) large rocky asteroid 130 km in diameter orbiting in the main belt near the Eunomia family of asteroids. [citation needed] Yet NASA continues to categorize it as a main-belt asteroid.It was discovered on January 13 1875 by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry but Paul is the one who was given the credit for this discovery. It is named for Lumen: Récits de l’infini a book by the astronomer Camille Flammarion.Richard P. Binzel and Schelte J.
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