Asteroid 141 named Lumen, is a dark, rocky body 135 km in diameter (about the size of the island of Puerto Rico) near the inner edge of the Asteroid Belt. Its orbital speed is more than 1,000 km/h. It was discovered in 1875 by Paul Henry.
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