Astronomy:672 Astarte
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 21 September 1908 |
| Designations | |
| (672) Astarte | |
| Pronunciation | /əˈstɑːrtiː/[1] |
| 1908 DY | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.04 yr (39826 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.9012 astronomical unit|AU (434.01 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.2093 AU (330.51 Gm) |
| 2.5553 AU (382.27 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13538 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 yr (1492.0 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 199.236° |
| Mean motion | 0° 14m 28.644s / day |
| Inclination | 11.125° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 343.936° |
| 308.810° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Rotation period | 22.572 h (0.9405 d) |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.5 |
672 Astarte is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ "672 Astarte (1908 DY)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=672;cad=1.
External links
- 672 Astarte at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 672 Astarte at the JPL Small-Body Database

