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28 Bellona

Main-belt asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
background	#D6D6D6
name	28 Bellona
symbol	[[Image:Bellona symbol (bold).svg	24px]] (historical)
image	28 Bellona.png
caption	a light curve model of 28 Bellona on the top and an image of 28 Bellona on the bottom.
discoverer	Robert Luther
discovered	1 March 1854
mpc_name	(28) Bellona
alt_names
pronounced
adjective	Bellonian
named_after	Bellona
mp_category	Main belt
orbit_ref
epoch	21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5)
semimajor	2.777 AU
perihelion	2.364 AU
aphelion	3.191 AU
eccentricity	0.149
period	4.628 yr (1690.55 d)
inclination	9.432°
asc_node	144.151°
arg_peri	343.462°
mean_anomaly	65.459°
jupiter_moid	1.872 AU
tisserand	3.299
dimensions	97 ± 11 km
120.9 ± 3.4 km (IRAS)
108.10 ± 11.49 km
mass
density	3.95 ± 1.28 g/cm3
rotation	15.706 h
spectral_type	S
abs_magnitude	7.09
albedo	0.1763

120.9 ± 3.4 km (IRAS) 108.10 ± 11.49 km

28 Bellona is a large asteroid located in the main-belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on 1 March 1854, and named after Bellōna, the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of the Crimean War. Its historical symbol was Bellona's whip and spear; it was encoded in Unicode 17.0 as U+1CECE 𜻎 ([[File:Bellona symbol (fixed width).svg|12px]]).{{cite web | access-date = September 9, 2025

Bellona is a stony (S-type) asteroid with a cross-section size of around 100–120 km. 28 Bellona is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.63 years.

Bellona has been studied by radar.{{cite web

A three-dimensional model of 28 Bellona based on its light curve

References

{{OED. Bellona
"Archived copy".
(18 September 2023). "Unicode request for historical asteroid symbols". Unicode.

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