281 Lucretia

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281 Lucretia is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 31 1888 in Vienna. It is named for the middle name of Caroline Herschel one of the first female astronomers.

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apoapsis (km)

3.70638e+11

average speed (km/s)

72504.0

density (μ3)

2700.0

orbital period (μ)

1.02124e+08

periapsis (km)

2.83953e+11

temperature (K)

183.0, 277.0

absolute magnitude

12.02

albedo

0.199

discovery date

1888-10-31

discoverer

Johann Palisa

epoch

30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)

escape velocity (kmh)

25.2

former name

A906 FD; 1948 EK;, 1984 JX

rotation period (s)

15638.4