(51) Nemausa

(51) Nemausa is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered on January 22, 1858 by Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent from Nimes, France. It is named after the feminine Latin form of the French city of Nimes, site of the asteroid's discovery.

Orbital characteristics

Nemausa orbits at an average distance from the Sun of 2,365 AU, being able to get as close as 2,207 AU and as far as 2,523 AU. Its orbital inclination is 9.98° and its eccentricity is 0.06692. It takes 1,329 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.