112 Iphigenia

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name=112 Iphigenia
discoverer=Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
discovered=September 19, 1870
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=364.041 Gm (2.433 AU)
perihelion=317.471 Gm (2.122 AU)
aphelion=410.610 Gm (2.745 AU)
eccentricity=0.128
period=1386.548 d (3.80 a)
inclination=2.606°
asc_node=323.651°
arg_peri=16.901°
mean_anomaly=340.983°
avg_speed=19.01 km/s
dimensions=72.2 km
mass=3.9e|17 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0202 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0382 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=C
abs_magnitude=9.84
albedo=?
single_temperature=~178 K

112 Iphigenia is a fairly large and exceedingly dark Main belt asteroid. It has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 19, 1870 and named after Iphigenia, the princess sacrificed by her father in Greek mythology.