146 Lucina is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 8 1875 and named after Lucina the Roman goddess of childbirth. It is large dark and has a carbonaceous composition.Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 1979 and 1981 gave a light curve with a period of 18.54 hours.Two stellar occultations by Lucina have been observed so far in 1982 and 1989.
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