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306 Unitas is a typical main belt asteroid that was discovered by Elia Millosevich on March 1 1891 in Rome. The asteroid was named by the director of the Modena Observatory in honor of the Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.In the late 1990s a network of astronomers worldwide gathered light curve data that was ultimately used to derive the spin states and shape models of 10 new asteroids including (306) Unitas.

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apoapsis (km)
4.05786e+11
average speed (km/s)
69840.0
orbital period (μ)
1.14289e+08
periapsis (km)
2.9981e+11
absolute magnitude
8.96
albedo
0.211
discovery date
1891-03-01
discoverer
Elia Millosevich
epoch
30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
rotation period (s)
31459.5

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