222 Lucia is a large
Themistian asteroid. It was discovered by
Johann Palisa on 9 February 1882 in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
and named after Lucia, daughter of
Austro-Hungarian explorer
Graf Wilczek.
This object is spectral
C-type and is probably composed of primitive
carbonaceous material. Based upon analysis of infrared spectra, it has a diameter of 59.8 ± 0.8 km. This object belongs to the
Themis family
The Themis family (''adj. Themistian''; ) is a family of carbonaceous asteroids located in the outer portion of the asteroid belt, at a mean distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun. It is one of the largest families with over 4700 known members, and c ...
, which was formed by the break-up of a larger parent body about a billion years ago.
References
External links
Lightcurve plot of 222 Lucia Palmer Divide Observatory,
B. D. Warner (1999)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) query form
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books
– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
– Minor Planet Center
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Discoveries by Johann Palisa
Named minor planets
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