(208) Lacrimosa

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(208 ) Lacrimosa is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on 21 October 1879 by Johann Palisa. The name is Latin and means the tears empires. This refers to Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth in the context of suffering and grief at the Crucifixion.

Lacrimosa moves at a distance of 2.8507 ( perihelion ) to 2.9383 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 4,925 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 1.7507 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.0151.

Lacrimosa has a diameter of 41 kilometers. It has a relatively bright silicate- rich surface with an albedo of 0.207. In 14 hours and 5 minutes to rotate around its own axis.

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