Asteroid
Lutetia
TypeAsteroid
Mass~1.7 × 10¹⁸ kg
Diameter100 km
Orbital Radius364.4 million km
Orbital Period1,363 days
Rotation Period7.29 hours
Known Moons0
Surface Gravity~0.02 m/s²
Average Temp-110 °C
AtmosphereNone
Discovered ByHermann Goldschmidt
Discovery Year1852
About Lutetia
A dense, battered world visited by the Rosetta comet chaser in 2010. Craters up to 55 km across record four billion years of hits. Named after the Roman name for Paris.
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