281_Lucretia

281 Lucretia

281 Lucretia

Main-belt asteroid

Lucretia (minor planet designation: 281 Lucretia) is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.[4] It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 31 October 1888 in Vienna, and is named after the middle name of Caroline Herschel, one of the first female astronomers.[6] Light curves of this asteroid show a synodic rotation period of 4.349±0.001 h with an amplitude of 0.3–0.4 magnitude. The spin axis appears nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic.[4]

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    "281 Lucretia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. [2]
    Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey Archived June 23, 2006, at archive.today
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    Krasinsky, G. A.; et al. (2002). "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt". Icarus. 158 (1): 98–105. Bibcode:2002Icar..158...98K. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6837.
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    Kryszczynska, A.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. A72.
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    "Asteroid Taxonomy". Planetary Science Institute. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  6. [6]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(281) Lucretia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (281) Lucretia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 38. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_282. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.


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