Asporina (minor planet designation: 246 Asporina) is a sizeable Asteroid belt, main-belt asteroid. It is classified as one of the few A-type asteroid, A-type asteroids.
It was discovered by Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly, A. Borrelly on 6 March 1885 in Marseilles and was named after Asporina (mythology), Asporina, a goddess worshipped on Mount Asporenus, Asia Minor.
The spectrum of 246 Asporina reveals the strong presence of the mineral olivine, a relative rarity in the asteroid belt.
References
External links
The Asteroid Orbital Elements DatabaseAsteroid Lightcurve Data File*
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Background asteroids
Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly, Asporina
Named minor planets, Asporina
A-type asteroids (Tholen)
A-type asteroids (SMASS)
Astronomical objects discovered in 1885, 18850306
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