236 Honoria is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on April 26 1884 in Vienna. The asteroid was named after Honoria granddaughter of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I who started negotiations with Attila the Hun. It is classified as a stony S-type asteroid based upon its spectrum. Polarimetric study of this asteroid reveals anomalous properties that suggests the regolith consists of a mixture of low and high albedo material.
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