138 Tolosa
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Henri Joseph Perrotin |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1874 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Toulouse |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 425.819 Gm (2.846 AU) |
| Perihelion | 306.744 Gm (2.050 AU) |
| 366.282 Gm (2.448 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| 1399.371 d (3.83 a) | |
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Average orbital speed
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18.91 km/s |
| 168.932° | |
| Inclination | 3.208° |
| 54.948° | |
| 260.018° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 51.86 ± 3.07[2] km 45.50 ± 2.1[3] km |
| Mass | (4.93 ± 2.59) × 1017[2] kg |
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Mean density
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6.74 ± 3.74[2] g/cm3 |
| 0.0127 m/s² | |
| 0.0241 km/s | |
| 10.103[3] h | |
| Albedo | 0.2699 ± 0.027[3] |
| Temperature | ~178 K |
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Spectral type
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S |
| 8.75 | |
138 Tolosa (Latin Tolōsa, /toʊˈloʊ.sə/ or /toʊˈloʊ.zə/; Latin pronunciation: [toˈloː.za], Occitan pronunciation: [tuˈlu.zɔ]) is a brightly coloured, stony main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on May 19, 1874, and named after the Latin and Occitan name for Toulouse, France.
The spectrum of this asteroid rules out the presence of ordinary chondrites, while leaning in favor of clinopyroxene phases. As of 2006, there are no known meteorites with compositions similar to the spectrum of 138 Tolosa.[3]
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