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408 Fama
Fama
is a
typical
main belt asteroid
in orbit
around the Sun
. It was discovered by
German
astronomer
Max Wolf
on
13 October
1895
in
Heidelberg
.
Photometric
observations
at the
Oakley Observatory
in
Terre Haute, Indiana
, during 2007 were used to
build
a
light curve
for this
asteroid
. The asteroid
displayed
a
rotation period
of 12.
19
± 0.02
hours
and a
brightness
variation
of 0.15 ± 0.
03
in
magnitude
.