(117) Lomia

(117) Lomia is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly on September 12, 1871 from the observatory in Marseille, France. It is named after Lamia, a character from Greek mythology. Lomia is possibly the result of a misspelling of the original name.

Orbital characteristics

Lomia is located at an average distance of 2,991 AU from the Sun, and can get as close as 2,906 AU. It has an orbital inclination of 14.9° and an eccentricity of 0.02837. It takes 1889 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.