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91 Aegina

91 Aegina
Orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.591 AU
Perihelion distance 2.320 AU
Aphelion distance 2.861 AU
Orbital period 4.17 years
Inclination 2.11°
Eccentricity 0.105
Physical characteristics 1
Diameter 109.8 km
Rotation period 3 6.025 hours
Abs. magnitude 8.84
Albedo 4 0.043
History 2
Discoverer Édouard Stephan, 1866

91 Aegina (e-jye'-na) is a large main belt asteroid. Its surface coloring is very dark and the asteroid has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition.

It was discovered by a French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan on November 4, 1866. It was his second and final asteroid discovery. The first was 89 Julia. The asteroid's name comes from Aegina, a Greek mythological figure associated with the island of the same name.


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