119 Althaea

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name=119 Althaea
discoverer=James Craig Watson
discovered=April 3, 1872
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=386.190 Gm (2.582 AU)
perihelion=354.870 Gm (2.372 AU)
aphelion=417.511 Gm (2.791 AU)
eccentricity=0.081
period=1515.000 d (4.15 a)
inclination=5.778°
asc_node=203.738°
arg_peri=171.282°
mean_anomaly=1.847°
avg_speed=18.51 km/s
dimensions=57.3 km
mass=2.0e|17 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0160 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0303 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=S
abs_magnitude=8.42
albedo=?
single_temperature=~173 K

119 Althaea is a sizable main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872 and named after Althaea, the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology. Two occultations by Althaea were observed in 2002, only a month apart.