(166) Rhodope
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Asteroid (166) Rhodope |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Adeona family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,687 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.21 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.124 AU - 3.25 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 129 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 264.5 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 20, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 148 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.0 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 60 km |
| Rotation period | 4 h 43 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CHF Peters |
| Date of discovery | August 15, 1876 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(166) Rhodope is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 August 1876 by the German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters was discovered.
The asteroid was named after Rhodope , who in Greek mythology is the personification of the Rhodope mountain range and daughter of the river god Strymon .