70 Panopaea
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| Orbital characteristics 1 | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt (Eunomia) |
| Semimajor axis | 2.617 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.143 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.092 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Inclination | 11.58° |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Diameter | 120 km[1] |
| Rotation period [2] | 15.797 hours |
| Spectral class | C[3] |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.11 |
| Albedo [4] | 0.068 |
| History 2 | |
| Discoverer | H. Goldschmidt, 1861 |
70 Panopaea is a large main belt asteroid. It orbits close to the Eunomia asteroid family. However, it is a dark, primitive carbonaceous C-type asteroid and not related to the parent body of the Eunomia family which consists of S-type asteroids.
Panopaea was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on May 5, 1861. It was his fourteenth and last asteroid discovery. It is named after Panopea, a nymph in Greek mythology.
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