(579) Sidonia
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Asteroid (579) Sidonia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.01 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.082 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.764 AU - 3.256 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 82.8 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 229.6 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 11, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 81 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.1 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 85.56 km |
| Albedo | 0.1748 |
| Rotation period | 16 h 17 min |
| Absolute brightness | 7.85 likes |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | August Kopff |
| Date of discovery | November 3, 1905 |
| Another name | 1905 SD |
| 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. | |
(579) Sidonia is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered by August Kopff in Heidelberg on November 3rd, 1905 .
The asteroid is named after a character from the opera Armide by Christoph Willibald Gluck .