(217) Eudora
|
Asteroid (217) Eudora |
|
|---|---|
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2,876 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.303 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.004 AU - 3.748 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.5 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 163.1 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 154.5 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | November 6, 2011 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 320 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.2 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 66 km |
| Albedo | 0.0484 |
| Rotation period | 25 h 15 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.8 likes |
| Spectral class | X |
| history | |
| Explorer | J. Coggia |
| Date of discovery | August 30, 1880 |
| 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. | |
(217) Eudora is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt discovered by Jérôme-Eugène Coggia at the Observatory of Marseille on August 30, 1880 .
The celestial body was named after Eudora , a nereid from Greek mythology .
Eudora moves at a distance of 1.9975 ( perihelion ) to 3.7525 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 4.8748 years on a strongly eccentric orbit around the sun . The orbit is inclined 10.4745 ° to the ecliptic , the orbit eccentricity is 0.3052.
Eudora is 66 kilometers in diameter. It has a dark surface with an albedo of 0.048. It rotates around its own axis in around 10 hours and 32 minutes.