378_Holmia

378 Holmia

378 Holmia

Main-belt asteroid

Holmia (minor planet designation: 378 Holmia) is a typical Main belt asteroid.[2]

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It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 6 December 1893, in Nice.[3] The name comes from the Holmia, the Latin name for Stockholm, Sweden.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "378 Holmia (1893 AP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. [2]
    Hirsch, R (2005). "Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 478 (2) (478 ed.): 329–335. Bibcode:2008A&A...478..559M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078930.
  3. [3]
    Schmadel, Lutz D (11 November 2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Vol. 1 (3 ed.). Springer Science+Business Media. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-662-06615-7. OCLC 809148995.
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