(2340) Hathor
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Asteroid (2340) Hathor |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Aten type |
| Major semi-axis | 0.8439 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.4499 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 0.4642 AU - 1.2236 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.8559 ° |
| Sidereal period | 283 d 4 h |
| Mean orbital velocity | ? km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 0.3 km |
| Albedo | 0.2 |
| Absolute brightness | 20.2 mag |
| Spectral class | CSU (Tholen) / Sq (SMASSII) |
| history | |
| Explorer | Charles Kowal |
| Date of discovery | October 22, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 UA |
| 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. | |
(2340) Hathor is an asteroid from Aten type . This describes a group of asteroids whose orbits mostly run within the earth's orbit and cross it from within. It owes its name to the sky goddess Hathor from Egyptian mythology.
Hathor was discovered by Charles Kowal on October 22, 1976 .
Hathor runs on an eccentric orbit between 0.4642 AE ( perihelion ) and 1.2236 AU ( aphelion ) in 283 days around the sun . The eccentricity of the orbit is 0.45 with the orbit inclined at 5.85 ° to the ecliptic .
Its size is estimated at 0.3 km. The albedo is 0.2.