372 Palma

{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet=yes

| background=#D6D6D6

| name=372 Palma

| image=372Palma (Lightcurve Inversion).png

| image_scale =

| caption=A three-dimensional model of 372 Palma based on its light curve

| discoverer=Auguste Charlois

| discovered=19 August 1893

| pronounced={{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|æ|l|m|ə}}{{OED|Palma Christi}}
{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Palma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323115106/https://www.lexico.com/definition/palma |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 March 2020 |title=Palma |dictionary=Lexico UK English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford University Press}}

| mpc_name=(372) Palma

| alt_names=1893 AH

| named_after=Palma

| mp_category=Main belt

| epoch=31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| semimajor={{Convert|3.15125|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| perihelion={{Convert|2.33325|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| aphelion={{Convert|3.9693|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| eccentricity=0.25958

| period=5.59 yr (2043.3 d)

| inclination=23.828°

| asc_node=327.37°

| arg_peri=115.582°

| mean_anomaly=275.769°

| dimensions={{val|173.6|2.8|ul=km}}
191.12 ± 2.68 km

| mass={{nowrap|(5.15 ± 0.64) × 10¹⁸ kg}}

| density=1.40 ± 0.18 g/cm³

| rotation={{Convert|8.567|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| spectral_type=BFC/B

| abs_magnitude=7.5

| albedo={{val|0.0655|0.002}}

| mean_motion={{Deg2DMS|0.17619|sup=ms}} / day

| orbit_ref=

| observation_arc=122.54 yr (44757 d)

| uncertainty=0

}}

372 Palma is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It is a B-type asteroid.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1893, in Nice. It is thought to be named after the capital city of Majorca, an island in the Balearics (Spain), which is located south of France. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that were expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute).Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. {{ISBN|3-540-00238-3}}.