95 Arethusa
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95 Arethusa is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on 23 November 1867, and named after one of the various Arethusas in Greek mythology. Arethusa has been observed occulting a star three times:<ref name=Herald2020/> first on 2 February 1998, and twice in January 2003.Template:Citation needed
This object is orbiting the Sun with a period of 5.36 years and an eccentricity of 0.15. The cross-section diameter is around 136 km and it is spinning with a rotation period of 8.7 hours. The spectrum matches a C-type asteroid, indicating a dark surface with a primitive carbonaceous composition.
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- Asteroid Occultation Results for North America on 2008/04/16 with 2 chords
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