37 Fides

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37 Fides
Orbital characteristics[1]
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.640 AU
Perihelion distance 2.174 AU
Aphelion distance 3.107 AU
Orbital period 4.29 years
Inclination 3.07°
Eccentricity 0.177
Physical characteristics[1]
Diameter 108.3 km
Rotation period[2] 7.332 hours
Spectral class S
Abs. magnitude 7.29
Albedo[3] 0.183
History[4]
Discoverer R. Luther, 1855

37 Fides (fye'-deez (key)) is a large main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by R. Luther on October 5, 1855 and named after Fides, the Roman goddess of loyalty.

[edit] Aspects

Stationary,
retrograde		 Opposition Distance to
Earth (AU)		 Maximum
brightness (mag)		 Stationary,
prograde		 Conjunction
to Sun
31 March 2004 24 May 2004 2.09025 11.5 17 July 2004 1 January 2005
29 June 2005 17 August 2005 1.67481 10.7 7 October 2005 18 April 2006
6 December 2006 17 January 2007 1.29646 9.9 28 February 2007 23 September 2007
9 March 2008 2 May 2008 2.02104 11.4 24 June 2008 10 December 2008
29 May 2009 20 July 2009 1.89327 11.2 11 September 2009 7 March 2010
17 October 2010 28 November 2010 1.19300 9.6 7 January 2011 20 August 2011
16 February 2012 8 April 2012 1.86730 11.0 30 May 2012 20 November 2012
3 May 2013 25 June 2013 2.03649 11.4 18 August 2013 4 February 2014
25 August 2014 9 October 2014 1.31958 9.8 23 November 2014 5 July 2015
22 January 2016 10 March 2016 1.64281 10.6 29 April 2016 29 October 2016
9 April 2017 3 June 2017 2.09303 11.5 27 July 2017 10 January 2018
14 July 2018 31 August 2018 1.56900 10.5 19 October 2018 10 May 2019
22 December 2019 4 February 2020 1.38883 10.1 20 March 2020 5 October 2020

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html
  2. ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html
  3. ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata04/simps04/diamalb.tab
  4. ^ http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html


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