(112) Iphigenia

(112) Iphigenia is an asteroid that forms part of the asteroid belt and was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters from the Litchfield Observatory in Clinton, United States, on September 19, 1870. It is named after Iphigenia, a character from Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Iphigenia is located at an average distance of 2.433 AU from the Sun, and can get as close as 2.12 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1287 and an orbital inclination of 2.604°. It takes 1,387 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.