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272 Antonia
Antonia
is a
main belt asteroid
that was
discovered
by French astronomer
Auguste Charlois
on
4 February
1888
in
Nice
.
Photometric
observations
of this
asteroid
made during
2008
at the Organ
Mesa
Observatory
in
Las Cruces, New Mexico
, gave a
light curve
with a
short
rotation period
of 3.8548 ± 0.0001
hours
and a
brightness
variation
of 0.
43
± 0.
04
in
magnitude
.