(2150) Nyctimene

Asteroid (2150) Schwambraniya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Inner main belt
Major semi-axis	1,913 AU
eccentricity	0.057
Perihelion - aphelion	1.803 AU - 2.023 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	25.325 °
Length of the ascending node	201.037 °
Argument of the periapsis	235.664 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	October 10, 2017
Sidereal period	2.65 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	6.059 (± 0.038) km
Albedo	0.220 (± 0.041)
Rotation period	6.131
Absolute brightness	13.2 mag
history
Explorer	William Lawrence Sebok
Date of discovery	October 13, 1977
Another name	1977 TA; 1969 TM ₄
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(2150) Nyctimene ( 1977 TA ; 1969 TM ₄ ) is a main inner belt asteroid discovered by William Lawrence Sebok at the Palomar Observatory on October 13, 1977 .

designation

Nyctimene , after whom the asteroid was named, was the daughter of Epopeus , king of Lesbos , in Greek mythology . She was raped and persecuted by her father, so she hid in the forest. Athena , after whom the asteroid (881) Athena was named, turned her into an owl for protection.

Web links

Asteroid Nyctimene: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
(2150) Nyctimene in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 174 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 8, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Nyctimene was a daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos. "

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 174 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 8, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Nyctimene was a daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos. "