Astronomy:296 Phaëtusa
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
_Pha%C3%ABtusa.png) Modelled shape of Phaëtusa from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 19 August 1890 |
| Designations | |
| (296) Phaëtusa | |
| Pronunciation | /feɪ.əˈtjuːsə/[1] |
| Named after | Phaethusa |
| A890 QB, 1917 XB 1930 YH | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 85.28 yr (31149 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.58669 astronomical unit|AU (386.963 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 1.87025 AU (279.785 Gm) |
| 2.22847 AU (333.374 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.16075 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 yr (1215.1 d) |
| Average Orbital speed | 19.95 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 272.510° |
| Mean motion | 0° 17m 46.586s / day |
| Inclination | 1.74738° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 121.585° |
| 252.628° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7 - 15 km |
| Rotation period | 4.5385 h (0.18910 d) |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.62 |
Phaëtusa (minor planet designation: 296 Phaëtusa) is a small Main belt asteroid.[2] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 19 August 1890 in Nice.
References
- ↑ 'Phaethusa' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "296 Phaetusa". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=296;cad=1.
External links
- 296 Phaëtusa at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 296 Phaëtusa at the JPL Small-Body Database
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