393 Lampetia

Tags: Planet.

393 Lampetia is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on November 4 1894 in Heidelberg. It has an unusually low rotation rate with a period estimated at 38.7 hours and a brightness variation of 0.14 in magnitude.

average speed (km/s)

64332.0

orbital period (μ)

1.46181e+08

periapsis (km)

2.78051e+11

absolute magnitude

8.39

discovery date

1894-11-04

discoverer

Max Wolf

epoch

30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)

former name

1894 BG

rotation period (s)

139320.0