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Europa (minor planet 52)



The seventh largest known asteroid; it was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt in 1858.


diameter 303 km
albedo 0.06
semimajor axis 3.098 AU
perihelion 2.786 AU
aphelion 3.410 AU
eccentricity 0.101
inclination 7.47°


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