(281) Lucretia

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(281) Lucretia is an asteroid of the inner main asteroid belt, which was discovered on October 31, 1888 by Johann Palisa at the Observatory of Vienna. He was named after the astronomer Caroline Herschel.

Lucretia moves at a distance of 1.8981 ( perihelion ) to 2.4776 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 3.2362 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 5.3083 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.1324.

Lucretia has a diameter of only 12 kilometers. It has a bright silicate- rich surface with an albedo of 0.199. In approximately 4 hours and 21 minutes to rotate around its own axis.

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