(405) Thia
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Asteroid (405) Thia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.584 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.245 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.952 AU - 3.216 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 255.3 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 309 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 14, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 56 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.2 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 125 ± 2.3 km |
| Albedo | 0.0468 |
| Rotation period | 10 h 5 min |
| Absolute brightness | 8.46 mag |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | A. Charlois |
| Date of discovery | July 23, 1895 |
| Another name | 1895 BZ |
| 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. | |
(405) Thia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 23 July 1895 by French astronomer Auguste Charlois in Nice was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the titan Theia from Greek mythology.