(70) Panopaea
Asteroid (70) Panopaea |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2,615 AU |
eccentricity | 0.182 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.138 AU - 3.092 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.6 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 47.7 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 255.8 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | January 14, 2010 |
Sidereal period | 4 a 83 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.3 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 122 km |
Albedo | 0.07 |
Rotation period | 15.8 h |
Absolute brightness | 8.1 likes |
Spectral class | C. |
history | |
Explorer | HMS Goldschmidt |
Date of discovery | May 5, 1861 |
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(70) Panopaea is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on May 5, 1864 by the Franco-German astronomer Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt .
The asteroid was named after Panopaea , one of the Nereid daughters of the sea god Nereus .