187 Lamberta

187 Lamberta
Discovery
Discovered byJ. Coggia, 1878
Discovery date11 April 1878
Designations
(187) Lamberta
Pronunciation/læmˈbɜːrtə/
A878 GB; 1946 LB;
1948 XR
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.41 yr (41424 d)
Aphelion3.3856 AU (506.48 Gm)
Perihelion2.0695 AU (309.59 Gm)
2.7276 AU (408.04 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24126
4.50 yr (1645.3 d)
217.42°
0° 13m 7.68s / day
Inclination10.588°
21.707°
196.93°
Earth MOID1.07102 AU (160.222 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.60105 AU (239.514 Gm)
TJupiter3.289
Physical characteristics
141±2 km
147.294±1.389 km
131.3±1.1 km
Flattening0.14
Mass(1.9±0.3)×1018 kg
(1.80±0.85)×1018 kg
Mean density
1.28±0.22 g/cm3
1.51±0.71 g/cm3
10.67 h (0.445 d)
0.052 (calculated)
0.044±0.007
0.0647 ± 0.0135
C (Tholen)
8.40, 7.980

    187 Lamberta is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Corsican-born French astronomer Jérôme Eugène Coggia on April 11, 1878, and named after the astronomer Johann Heinrich Lambert. It was the second of Coggia's five asteroid discoveries.

    The spectrum matches a classification of a C-type asteroid, which may mean it has a composition of primitive carbonaceous materials. It is a dark object as indicated by the low albedo and has an estimated size of about 131 km.