(409) Aspasia
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Asteroid (409) Aspasia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.578 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.071 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.396 AU - 2.76 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.2 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 242.3 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 353.7 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 15, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 51 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.5 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 161.6 km |
| Albedo | 0.0606 |
| Rotation period | 9 h 1 min |
| Absolute brightness | 7.62 likes |
| Spectral class | CX |
| history | |
| Explorer | Auguste Charlois |
| Date of discovery | December 9, 1895 |
| 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. | |
(409) Aspasia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 9 December 1895 by French astronomer Auguste Charlois in Nice was discovered.
The asteroid bears the name of Aspasia , a philosopher of ancient Greece and the second wife of Pericles.