(171) Ophelia

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Asteroid
(171) Ophelia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.132  AU
eccentricity 0.13
Perihelion - aphelion 2.724 AU - 3.54 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.6 °
Length of the ascending node 100.5 °
Argument of the periapsis 57.3 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 15, 2010
Sidereal period 5 a 198 d
Mean orbital velocity 16.8 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 117 km
Albedo 0.0615
Rotation period 6 h 40 min
Absolute brightness 8.31 mag
Spectral class C.
history
Explorer A. Borrelly
Date of discovery January 13, 1877
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(171) Ophelia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 January 1877 by the French astronomer Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly was discovered.

The asteroid was named after a character from William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet .

See also