Not to be confused with Aurora borealis.94 Aurora is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. With an albedo of only 0.04 it is darker than soot and has a primitive compositions consisting of carbonaecous material. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 6 1867 in Ann Arbor and named after Aurora the Roman goddess of the dawn.Observations of an occultation using nine chords indicate an oval outline of 225×173 km.
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