What is 8 Flora?
Q: What is 8 Flora?
A: 8 Flora is a big, bright, main belt asteroid.
Q: How does 8 Flora compare to other asteroids in terms of size and distance from the Sun?
A: 8 Flora is the closest big asteroid to the Sun. No asteroid closer to the Sun has a diameter above 25 kilometres or two-elevenths that of Flora itself.
Q: How bright is 8 Flora compared to other asteroids?
A: 8 Flora is the seventh brightest asteroid with a mean opposition magnitude of +8.7.
Q: What is the magnitude of 8 Flora during a favorable opposition near perihelion?
A: 8 Flora can reach a magnitude of +7.9 at a favorable opposition near perihelion, such as occurred in mid November 2007.
Q: Which asteroid was found to be orbiting at a closer mean distance than 8 Flora?
A: The tiny 149 Medusa was found to be orbiting at a closer mean distance than 8 Flora.
Q: How does the size of 8 Flora compare to the size of 149 Medusa?
A: The size of 8 Flora is much larger than the size of 149 Medusa, which is a tiny asteroid.
Q: When did the favorable opposition near perihelion occur for 8 Flora?
A: The favorable opposition near perihelion occurred in mid November 2007.
