What is 52 Europa?
Q: What is 52 Europa?
A: 52 Europa is an asteroid.
Q: How big is it?
A: It has a diameter of 289 km.
Q: Who discovered it?
A: It was found on February 4, 1858 by H. Goldschmidt.
Q: What does its name refer to?
A: Its name refers to Europa, one of Zeus's conquests in Greek mythology.
Q: Where does it rank in terms of size among asteroids?
A: It is the seventh biggest asteroid by volume and the sixth biggest by mass (after Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, Hygiea, and Interamnia).
Q: What type of asteroid is it?
A: It is a very dark carbonaceous C-type.
Q: What has been determined about its rotation period?
A:It has been determined that Europa is a prograde rotator but the exact direction in which its pole points remains unclear.
