(171) Ophelia
Asteroid (171) Ophelia |
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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 .