(26) Proserpine

(26) Proserpina is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by Karl Theodor Robert Luther from the Düsseldorf-Bilk observatory, Germany, on May 5, 1853. It is named after Proserpina, a goddess from Roman mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Proserpina is located at an average distance of 2,655 AU from the Sun, and can be as far away as 2,895 AU. Its orbital inclination is 3.564° and its eccentricity is 0.09032. It takes 1,580 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.