(432) Pythia
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Asteroid (432) Pythia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2,368 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.019 AU - 2.717 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.1 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 88.8 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 174.2 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | March 31, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 3 a 235 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.2 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 46.90 ± 0.8 km |
| Albedo | 0.2338 |
| Rotation period | 8 h 15 min |
| Absolute brightness | 8.84 likes |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | A. Charlois |
| Date of discovery | December 18, 1897 |
| Another name | 1897 DO |
| 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. | |
(432) Pythia is an asteroid of the main inner asteroid belt discovered on December 18, 1897 by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois at the Observatory of Nice .
The name Pythia comes from the name of the priestess in the oracle of Delphi (see Pythia ).
Pythia moves 2.022 ( perihelion ) to 2.717 ( aphelion ) astronomical units around the sun in 3.65 years . The orbit is inclined 12.132 ° to the ecliptic , the orbit eccentricity is 0.147.
Pythia is 47 kilometers in diameter. It rotates around its own axis in around 0.344 days.