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854 Frostia is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the sun. It was discovered in 1916 by Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky from Simiez Observatory in Crimea and is named after Edwin Brant Frost an American astronomer. This asteroid measures approximately 8.4 km in diameter.A satellite designated S/2004 (854) 1 was identified based on light curve observations in July 2004 by Raoul Behrend Laurent Bernasconi Alain Klotz and Russell I. Durkee.

apoapsis (km)
4.15852e+11
average speed (km/s)
69156.0
orbital period (μ)
1.15035e+08
periapsis (km)
2.92801e+11
temperature (K)
181.0
absolute magnitude
12.1
albedo
0.1
discovery date
1916-04-03
discoverer
Sergey Belyavsky
epoch
November 26 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
escape velocity (kmh)
28.44
former name
SIGMA 29; 1931 MB; 1935 QE; 1950 VP
rotation period (s)
135648.0

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