51 Nemausa (A858 BA)
51 Nemausa (A858 BA) (Asteroid). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. 51 Nemausa is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered on 22 January 1858, by Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent.
51 Nemausa is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered on 22 January 1858, by Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent. Laurent made the discovery from the private observatory of Benjamin Valz in Nîmes, France. The house, at 32 rue Nationale in Nîmes, has a plaque commemorating the discovery. With Laurent's permission, Valz named the asteroid after the Celtic god Nemausus, the patron god and namesake of Nîmes during Roman times.
- Type: Asteroid
- Diameter: 138 km
- Orbital period: 3.6 years
- Eccentricity: 0.066