(62) Erato
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Asteroid (62) Erato |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.125 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.588 AU - 3.663 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 125.6 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 273.6 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 18, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 192 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.7 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 107 km |
| Albedo | 0.048 |
| Rotation period | 9 h 13 min |
| Absolute brightness | 8.76 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Otto Lesser Wilhelm Foerster |
| Date of discovery | September 14, 1860 |
| 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. | |
(62) Erato is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on September 14, 1860 by the German astronomers Otto Lesser and Wilhelm Foerster at the Berlin observatory .
The heavenly body was named after Erato , the muse of love poetry, song and dance.