(128) Nemesis

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(128 ) Nemesis is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on November 25, 1872 by James Craig Watson.

It was named after celestial bodies Nemesis, the Greek goddess of righteous anger and retribution.

Nemesis is between 2.4 ( perihelion ) astronomical units to 3.1 astronomical units ( aphelion ) in 4.6 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 6.2 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.12.

Nemesis has a diameter of 188 km. It has a dark carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.05. In 39 hours it rotates around its own axis and thus has an exceptionally long period of rotation on.

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