# 67 Asia

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**67 Asia** is a large [main belt](/source/Main_belt) [asteroid](/source/Asteroid). It was discovered by English astronomer [N. R. Pogson](/source/Norman_Robert_Pogson) on April 17, 1861, from the [Madras Observatory](/source/Madras_Observatory). Pogson chose the name to refer both to [Asia](/source/Asia_(Greek_myth)), a figure in [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), and to the [continent of Asia](/source/Asia), because the asteroid was the first to be discovered from that continent.[1]

This object is orbiting the [Sun](/source/Sun) with a [period](/source/Orbital_period) of 1,376.048 days, a [semimajor axis](/source/Semimajor_axis) of 2.421 AU, and an [eccentricity](/source/Orbital_eccentricity) of 0.185. It has a 2:1 [commensurability](/source/Commensurability_(astronomy)) with [Mars](/source/Mars), having an orbital period double that of the planet.[2] The [orbital plane](/source/Orbital_plane) lies at an inclination of 6.0° to the [plane of the ecliptic](/source/Plane_of_the_ecliptic). This is a stony [S-type asteroid](/source/S-type_asteroid) with a cross-sectional size of 56 km,[3] [Photometry](/source/Photometry_(astronomy)) from the Oakley Observatory during 2006 produced a [lightcurve](/source/Lightcurve) that indicated a [sidereal rotation period](/source/Sidereal_rotation_period) of 15.90 ± 0.02 with an [amplitude](/source/Amplitude) of 0.26 ± 0.04 in magnitude.[4]

## References

1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), [*Dictionary of Minor Planet Names*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA22), Springer Science & Business Media, p. 22, ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3

1. Plastino, A. R. & Vucetich, H. (August 1992), "Resonant asteroids and the equivalence principle", *Astronomy and Astrophysics*. **262** (1): 321–325, [Bibcode:1992A&A...262..321P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992A%26A...262..321P)

1. ["67 Asia (A861 HA)"](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=67%20Asia). *JPL Solar System Dynamics*. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

1. Ditteon, Richard & Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory – October–November 2006", *The Minor Planet Bulletin*. **34** (3): 59–64, [Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MPBu...34...59D). [ISSN 1052-8091](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1052-8091)

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