Celuta (minor planet designation: 186 Celuta) is a 50 km Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French astronomers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on April 6, 1878. This was the last discovery credited to the Prosper brothers. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
The asteroid is named after Céluta, a female character in two works of fiction by François-René de Chateaubriand, Atala (1801) and René (1802). The Henry brothers had already named another of their discoveries, 152 Atala, after the heroine of Atala.[3] Both Atala and Céluta are American Indian fictional characters.[4]
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 19.842 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.54 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]
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^Schmadel, Lutz D.; International Astronomical Union (2012). Dictionary of minor planet names (6th ed.). Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 29. ISBN 9783642297182. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
Celuta (minor planet designation: 186Celuta) is a 50 km Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French astronomers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on...
also named the last of their discoveries, 186Celuta, after another Chateaubriand heroine. Both Atala and Céluta are American Indian fictional characters...
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"Rotation Period Determinations for 25 Phocaea, 140 Siwa, 149 Medusa 186Celuta, 475 Ocllo, 574 Reginhild, and 603 Timandra". The Minor Planet Bulletin...
"Rotation Period Determinations for 25 Phocaea, 140 Siwa, 149 Medusa 186Celuta, 475 Ocllo, 574 Reginhild, and 603 Timandra", The Minor Planet Bulletin...
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