(119) Althaea

(119) Althaea is an asteroid that forms part of the asteroid belt and was discovered on April 3, 1872 by James Craig Watson from the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, United States. It is named after Altea, a character from Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Althaea is located at an average distance of 2,582 AU from the Sun, and can get as close as 2,373 AU. Its orbital inclination is 5.782° and its eccentricity is 0.08101. It takes 1515 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.