38 Leda

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38 Leda
Orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.742 AU
Perihelion distance 2.326 AU
Aphelion distance 3.158 AU
Orbital period 4.54 years
Inclination 6.95°
Eccentricity 0.152
Physical characteristics 1
Diameter 115.9 km
Rotation period 3 12.84 hours
Spectral class C
Abs. magnitude 8.32
Albedo 4 0.062
History 2
Discoverer J. Chacornac, 1856

38 Leda (lee'-də (key)) is a large, dark main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Chacornac on January 12, 1856 and named after Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology.

Leda is also the name of a satellite of Jupiter.

[edit] Aspects

Stationary,
retrograde		 Opposition Distance to
Earth (AU)		 Maximum
brightness (mag)		 Stationary,
prograde		 Conjunction
to Sun
21 August 2004 12 October 2004 1.65088 11.9 25 November 2004 16 June 2005
9 January 2006 28 February 2006 1.47620 11.4 12 April 2006 29 October 2006
14 April 2007 7 June 2007 2.08227 12.6 29 July 2007 12 January 2008
27 June 2008 21 August 2008 1.99071 12.4 12 October 2008 3 April 2009
29 October 2009 12 December 2009 1.36985 11.2 22 January 2010 28 August 2010
27 February 2011 21 April 2011 1.80651 12.2 7 June 2011 6 December 2011
17 May 2012 11 July 2012 2.14039 12.6 4 September 2012 14 February 2013
12 August 2013 4 October 2013 1.70614 12.0 18 November 2013 4 June 2014
1 January 2015 18 February 2015 1.42996 11.3 2 April 2015 22 October 2015
7 April 2016 31 May 2016 2.05579 12.6 22 July 2016 6 January 2017
21 June 2017 15 August 2017 2.02560 12.5 8 October 2017 27 March 2018
18 October 2018 1 December 2018 1.40145 11.3 11 January 2019 17 August 2019
20 February 2020 13 April 2020 1.75284 12.1 29 May 2020 29 November 2020


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