| Asteroid Number | 47 | | Asteroid Group | Main Asteroid Belt | | Asteroid Family | Not applicable | | Composition Class | B-type (carbonaceous) | | Orbital Period | 4 years, 322 days | | Distance from the Sun | Semi-Major Axis: 430,913,000 km (2.88 AU) Perihelion: 374,881,000 km (2.51 AU) Aphelion: 486,945,000 km (3.26 AU) | | Eccentricity | 0.1300 | | Diameter (Mean) | 142 km | | Notes | Aglaja derives its name from Greek Aglaea, the name of the one of three Charites or 'Graces'. This asteroid is a dark body more than 140 kilometres in diameter, carbonaceous in structure, which orbits through the outer regions of the Solar System's Asteroid Belt over a period of nearly five years. |
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