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51 Nemausa is a large Main belt asteroid
Asteroid

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
 similar to 1 Ceres
1 Ceres

Ceres , Minor planet names 1 Ceres, is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on January 1, 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi, and is named after the Roman mythology Ceres — the goddess of growing plants, the harvest, and motherly love....
 in composition. It was discovered in the city of Nīmes, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, after which it was named (in its Latin name). The discoverer was a certain "A. Laurent
A. Laurent

A. Laurent was a France who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858.He never made any more asteroid discoveries and not much more seems to be known about him....
" who never made any more asteroid discoveries and about whom not much seems to be known. The asteroid was discovered using the private observatory at the house formerly occupied by Benjamin Valz
Benjamin Valz

Jean Elias Benjamin Valz was a France astronomer.He was born in N?mes and trained as an engineer. He became interested in astronomy and comets in particular, observing the return of what would later be named Comet Encke....
, who left to become the new director of the Marseille Observatory
Marseille Observatory

Marseille Observatory or Observatoire de Marseille is an astronomy observatory run by the University of Provence. It is located near Marseille, France....
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51 Nemausa is a large Main belt asteroid
Asteroid

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
 similar to 1 Ceres
1 Ceres

Ceres , Minor planet names 1 Ceres, is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on January 1, 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi, and is named after the Roman mythology Ceres — the goddess of growing plants, the harvest, and motherly love....
 in composition. It was discovered in the city of Nīmes, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, after which it was named (in its Latin name). The discoverer was a certain "A. Laurent
A. Laurent

A. Laurent was a France who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858.He never made any more asteroid discoveries and not much more seems to be known about him....
" who never made any more asteroid discoveries and about whom not much seems to be known. The asteroid was discovered using the private observatory at the house formerly occupied by Benjamin Valz
Benjamin Valz

Jean Elias Benjamin Valz was a France astronomer.He was born in N?mes and trained as an engineer. He became interested in astronomy and comets in particular, observing the return of what would later be named Comet Encke....
, who left to become the new director of the Marseille Observatory
Marseille Observatory

Marseille Observatory or Observatoire de Marseille is an astronomy observatory run by the University of Provence. It is located near Marseille, France....
. He entrusted his former observatory to A. Laurent, who later found the asteroid. The house, at 32 rue Nationale in Nīmes, has a plaque commemorating the discovery.

A small satellite
Natural satellite

A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called the primary. Technically, the term natural satellite could refer to a planet orbiting a star, or a dwarf galaxy orbiting a major galaxy, but it is normally synonymous with moon and used to identify non-artificial satellites...
 has been suggested based on lightcurve data.

Nemausa may have a water content of about 14%.

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