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was observed on August 17, 1979, from the Gissar and Alma-Ata observatories produced two chords which were used to estimate a diameter of 150 km for the asteroid. This is close to the present-day estimate of 147.9 km. Since then 51 Nemausa has been observed 20 times in stellar occultation.
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is a good match to a seven-chord occultation observed on 3 September 2016, from which an equivalent
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taxonomy, and as a Cgh by Bus and Binzel (2002). This indicates a composition similar to
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1413:Objects observed by stellar occultation
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782:Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
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678:Astronomy & Astrophysics
583:Images related to 51 Nemausa
553:Light curve inversion model
721:Planetary and Space Science
610:Chart dated 22 January 1858
318:Argument of perihelion
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1418:CU-type asteroids (Tholen)
779:Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003).
494:Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent
142:Minor planet category
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268:Orbital period (sidereal)
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329:Physical characteristics
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983:JPL Small-Body Database
739:2012P&SS...73...98C
202:Orbital characteristics
1262:Trans-Neptunian object
947:Observation prediction
529:carbonaceous chondrite
829:A. S. Rivkin (2002).
525:Tholen classification
251:2.365 AU (353.871 Gm)
239:2.208 AU (330.360 Gm)
1398:Background asteroids
1235:Distant minor planet
869:"Asteroid Data Sets"
697:on 27 September 2011
80:MPC designation
1408:Named minor planets
1034:Physical parameters
816:2009LPI....40.1285R
533:Absorption features
211:December 31, 2006 (
65:Discovery date
54:Discovery site
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971:Observational info
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761:Asteroid Data Sets
655:John Craig (1869)
42:Discovered by
16:Main-belt asteroid
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284:Mean anomaly
277:(1328.853 d)
257:Eccentricity
229:(377.381 Gm)
85:(51) Nemausa
73:Designations
18:
1362:Cosmic dust
1326:Long-period
1316:Halley-type
1272:Kuiper belt
1157:Designation
873:sbn.psi.edu
691:"Diameters"
547:occultation
485:is a large
295:Inclination
129:Named after
1387:Categories
1367:Meteoroids
1346:Sungrazing
1321:Hyperbolic
1277:Oort cloud
1220:Near-Earth
1089:51 Nemausa
978:51 Nemausa
930:51 Nemausa
911:30 October
643:References
568:Lightcurve
542:The first
483:51 Nemausa
386:10 kg
349:170×136 km
336:Dimensions
235:Perihelion
215:2454100.5)
159:Nemausian
155:Adjectives
47:J. Laurent
22:51 Nemausa
1257:Damocloid
1095:52 Europa
1010:Ephemeris
1002:Discovery
939:Ephemeris
730:1203.4336
487:main-belt
366:3 km
148:Main belt
36:Discovery
1341:Periodic
1267:Detached
1187:Asteroid
764:Archived
631:See also
514:Nemausus
490:asteroid
398:10
311:176.168°
289:316.668°
221:Aphelion
134:Nemausus
1306:Extinct
1245:Centaur
980:at the
812:Bibcode
735:Bibcode
680:54, A56
544:stellar
523:in the
410:density
1298:Comets
1210:Family
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510:Celtic
506:France
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299:9.972°
225:2.523
1355:Other
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502:Nîmes
443:0.093
408:Mean
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390:(2.48
273:3.64
261:0.066
209:Epoch
59:Nîmes
1331:Lost
1172:Moon
1167:List
913:2011
880:2018
842:2008
787:ISBN
703:2008
572:moon
558:1065
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