468 Lina
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468 Lina is a main belt asteroid
. It was discovered by Max Wolf
on January 18, 1901 at Heidelberg
. Its provisional name was 1901 FZ. This asteroid was named Lina after the housemaid of Max Wolf's family. It is a core member of the Themis family
of asteroids.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by Max Wolf
Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...
on January 18, 1901 at Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
. Its provisional name was 1901 FZ. This asteroid was named Lina after the housemaid of Max Wolf's family. It is a core member of the Themis family
Themis family
The Themis or Themistian Asteroid Family is a Hirayama family of asteroids found in the outer portion of the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. At a mean distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun, it is one of the more populous asteroid families...
of asteroids.