94 Aurora

{| table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="right" style="margin-left: 1em"\n|+ 94 Aurora\n|-\n! bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Orbital characteristics ¹\n|-\n|Orbit type || Main belt\n|-\n|Semimajor axis || 3.164 AU\n|-\n|Perihelion distance || 2.899 AU\n|-\n|Aphelion distance || 3.429 AU\n|-\n|Orbital period || 5.63 years\n|-\n|Inclination || 7.98°\n|-\n|Eccentricity || 0.084\n|-\n! bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics ¹\n|-\n|Diameter || 204.9 km\n|-\n|Rotation period ³ || 7.22 hours\n|-\n|Spectral class || C\n|-\n|Abs. magnitude || 7.57\n|-\n|Albedo ⁴ || 0.040\n|-\n! bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | History ²\n|-\n|Discoverer || J. C. Watson, 1867\n|} 94 Aurora is one of the largest Main belt asteroids. It is very dark, darker than soot, and has a primitive compostion consisting of carbonates. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 6, 1867. Aurora occulted a dim star on October 12, 2001. A somewhat oval shape was detected. [1] Category:Asteroids\n\n