Dodona (
minor planet designation
A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet). Such designation always features a leading number (catalog or ...
: 382 Dodona) is a large
Main belt asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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that was discovered by the French astronomer
Auguste Charlois on 29 January 1894 in
Nice. It is classified as an
M-type asteroid.
Measurements of the
thermal inertia of 115 Thyra give an estimated range of 15–150 J m
−2 K
−1 s
−1/2, compared to 50 for
lunar regolith and 400 for coarse sand in an atmosphere.
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Background asteroids
Dodona
Dodona
M-type asteroids (Tholen)
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