What is 52 Europa?
{{for2|the moon of [[Jupiter]]|[[Europa (moon)]]}}<!-- Additional parameters for this template are available at [[Template:Infobox Planet]]. --> {{Infobox Planet | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=52 Europa | discoverer=[[Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt|H. Goldschmidt]] | discovered=February 04, 1858 | image=52Eur-LB1-richfield.jpg | caption=Europa as seen in 24 inch telescope | alt_names=1948 LA | mp_category=[[Asteroid belt|Main belt]] | epoch=November 26, 2005 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2453700.5) | semimajor=463.911 [[Giga|Gm]] (3.101 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]) | perihelion=416.621 Gm (2.785 AU) | aphelion=511.201 Gm (3.417 AU) | eccentricity=0.102 | period=1994.629 [[day|d]] (5.46 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]]) | inclination=7.466[[degree (angle)|°]] | asc_node=128.992° | arg_peri=343.553° | mean_anomaly=70.730° | avg_speed=16.87 km/[[second|s]] | dimensions=360×315×240 km<sup>[http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/simps.html][http://www.rni.helsinki.fi/~mjk/Micha.pdf]</sup> | mass=5.2±1.8×10<sup>19</sup> kg<sup>[http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/aa/pdf/2001/29/aa10228.pdf?access=ok]</sup> | density=3.6±1.2 g/[[cubic centimetre|cm³]] | surface_grav=~0.11 m/s² | escape_velocity=~0.20 km/s | rotation=0.2347 d <sup>[http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html]</sup> | spectral_type=[[C-type asteroid]] | abs_magnitude=6.31 | albedo=0.058 <sup>[[#IRAS|[1]]]</sup> | single_temperature=~173 [[kelvin|K]]<br />''max:'' 258K (-15&nbsp;°C)<sup>[http://aa.springer.de/papers/0358003/2301133.pdf]</sup>}} '''52 Europa''' is an [[asteroid]]. It has a diameter of 289&nbsp;km, and was found on February 4, 1858 by [[Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt|H. Goldschmidt]]. It is named after [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], one of [[Zeus]]'s conquests in [[Greek mythology]]. Europa is the seventh biggest asteroid by volume and the sixth biggest by mass (after [[Ceres (asteroid)|Ceres]], [[Vesta (asteroid)|Vesta]], [[Pallas (asteroid)|Pallas]], [[Hygiea (asteroid)|Hygiea]], and [[Interamnia (asteroid)|Interamnia]]) and contains somewhat less than 2% of the ma