125 Liberatrix
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by: | Paul Henry and Prosper Henry |
| Discovery date: | September 11, 1872 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 443.561 Gm (2.965 AU) |
| Perihelion: | 376.865 Gm (2.519 AU) |
| Semi-major axis: | 410.213 Gm (2.742 AU) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.081 |
| Orbital period: | 1658.534 d (4.54 a) |
| Avg. orbital speed: | 17.96 km/s |
| Mean anomaly: | 267.835° |
| Inclination: | 4.656° |
| Longitude of ascending node: | 169.160° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 110.210° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions: | 43.6 km |
| Mass: | 8.7×1016 kg |
| Mean density: | 2.0 g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity: | 0.0122 m/s² |
| Escape velocity: | 0.0231 km/s |
| Rotation period: | ? d |
| Albedo: | 0.10 |
| Temperature: | ~168 K |
| Spectral type: | M |
| Absolute magnitude: | 9.04 |
125 Liberatrix is a Main belt asteroid. It has a fairly reflective surface and an M-type spectrum. Liberatrix is a member of an asteroid family having its own name. It was found by Prosper Henry on September 11, 1872. It was the first asteroid he found. He and his brother Paul Henry found a total of 14 asteroids. The asteroid's name is believed to mark the liberation of France at the collapse of the Second French Empire in 1870. There are so far two seen occultations by Liberatrix. The lightcurve of the asteroid has a big amplitude, indicating a stretched or non-spherical shape.
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124 Alkeste | 125 Liberatrix | 126 Velleda
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