(287) Nephthys
Asteroid (287) Nephthys |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2,353 AU |
eccentricity | 0.024 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.297 AU - 2.409 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 142.5 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 118 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | September 6, 2011 |
Sidereal period | 3 a 223 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.4 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 68 km |
Albedo | 0.1851 |
Rotation period | 7 h 36 min |
Absolute brightness | 8.3 mag |
Spectral class | S. |
history | |
Explorer | CHF Peters |
Date of discovery | August 25, 1889 |
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(287) Nephthys is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt , which on 25 August 1889 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters at the observatory of Clinton ( United States was discovered).
The celestial body was named after Nephthys , the goddess of the dead and birth from Egyptian mythology .
Nephthys moves 2.2977 ( perihelion ) to 2.4077 ( aphelion ) astronomical units around the sun in 3.6088 years . The orbit is inclined 10.0234 ° to the ecliptic , the orbital eccentricity is 0.0234.
Nephthys is 68 kilometers in diameter. It has a light surface with an albedo of 0.185. It rotates around its own axis in around 7 hours and 36 minutes.