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183 Istria

**183 Istria**
Orbital characteristics ¹
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.797 AU
Perihelion distance	1.824 AU
Aphelion distance	3.769 AU
Orbital period	4.68 years
Inclination	26.41°
Eccentricity	0.348
Physical characteristics ¹
Diameter	35.4 km
Rotation period	11.77 hours
Spectral class ⁵	S
Abs. magnitude	9.68
Albedo ⁴	0.189
History ²
Discoverer	J. Palisa, 1878

183 Istria is a stony main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Palisa on February 8, 1878 and named after the Istrian peninsula, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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