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272 Antonia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on February 4 1888 in Nice.Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces New Mexico gave a light curve with a short rotation period of 3.8548 ± 0.0001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.43 ± 0.04 in magnitude.

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average speed (km/s)
64332.0
orbital period (μ)
1.46043e+08
periapsis (km)
4.02601e+11
absolute magnitude
10.7
discovery date
1888-02-04
discoverer
Auguste Charlois
epoch
30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
rotation period (s)
13877.3

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