(196) Philomela
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Asteroid (196) Philomela |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.115 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.021 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.05 AU - 3.18 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.3 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 72.5 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 200.3 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 6, 2012 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 181 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.9 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (136 ± 6) km |
| Albedo | 0.23 |
| Rotation period | 8.33 h |
| Absolute brightness | 6.5 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | CHF Peters |
| Date of discovery | May 14, 1879 |
| 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. | |
(196) Philomela is an asteroid of the outer main asteroid belt , which was discovered on May 14, 1879 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters .
The heavenly body was named after Philomele , after the Greek mythology of a daughter of King Pandion of Athens .