67 Asia

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=67 Asia
discoverer=Norman Robert Pogson
discovered=April 17, 1861
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=362.200 Gm (2.421 AU)
perihelion=295.220 Gm (1.973 AU)
aphelion=429.180 Gm (2.869 AU)
eccentricity=0.185
period=1376.048 d (3.77 a)
inclination=6.027°
asc_node=202.722°
arg_peri=106.301°
mean_anomaly=182.178°
avg_speed=18.98 km/s
dimensions=58.1 km
mass=2.1e|17 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0162 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0307 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=S
abs_magnitude=8.28
albedo=0.255 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~179 K

67 Asia "(ay'-shee-ə," IPAEng|ˈeɪʃiə) is a bright main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Norman Pogson on April 17, 1861 in Madras. It was named after Asia, a Titaness in Greek mythology, but also after the continent, because the asteroid was the first to be discovered from Asia.

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