(109) Felicitas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1869 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton.
Where Felicitas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Felicitas is 3.38 au from the Sun and 4.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 109 |
| Provisional designation | A869 TA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 82.6 km (#354 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Rotation period | 13.2 hours |
| Spectral type | GC |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.300 |
| Inclination | 7.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.908 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (72) Feronia
- (75) Eurydike
- (77) Frigga
- (85) Io
- (88) Thisbe
- (92) Undina
- (98) Ianthe
- (102) Miriam
- (111) Ate
- (112) Iphigenia
- (114) Kassandra
- (116) Sirona
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