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217 Eudora is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by French (Corsican) astronomer J. Coggia on August 30 1880 in Marseilles France. It was his fourth asteroid discovery and is named after Eudora a Hyad in Greek mythology.It probably has a composition similar to carbonaceous chondrites. In 2007 a study showed it rotates every 25.253 ± 0.003 hours based on lightcurve data.

apoapsis (km)
5.61361e+11
average speed (km/s)
63252.0
orbital period (μ)
1.53836e+08
periapsis (km)
2.98821e+11
absolute magnitude
9.8
albedo
0.048
discovery date
1880-08-30
discoverer
Jérôme Eugène Coggia
epoch
30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
former name
A914 RA
rotation period (s)
10.8

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