27 Euterpe
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by: | J. R. Hind |
| Discovery date: | November 8, 1853 |
| Alternative names: | 1945 KB |
| Minor planet category: | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5) | |
| Aphelion distance: | 411.552 Gm (2.751 AU) |
| Perihelion distance: | 290.966 Gm (1.945 AU) |
| Semi-major axis: | 351.259 Gm (2.348 AU) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.172 |
| Orbital period: | 1314.171 d (3.60 a) |
| Avg. orbital speed: | 19.29 km/s |
| Mean anomaly: | 126.457° |
| Inclination: | 1.584° |
| Longitude of ascending node: | 94.807° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 356.754° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions: | 124×75 km † |
| Mass: | 9.3×1017? kg |
| Mean density: | 2.0? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity: | 0.0268? m/s² |
| Escape velocity: | 0.0508? km/s |
| Rotation period: | 0.4338 d (10.41 h) [1] |
| Albedo: | 0.162 [2] |
| Temperature: | ~178 K |
| Spectral type: | S |
| Absolute magnitude: | 7.0 |
27 Euterpe IPA: [ju'tʰɚpi]) is a large Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. R. Hind on November 8, 1853 and named after Euterpe, the Muse of music in Greek mythology.
[edit] Aspects
| Stationary, retrograde |
Opposition | Distance to Earth (AU) |
Maximum brightness (mag) |
Stationary, prograde |
Conjunction to Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2005 | 15 March 2006 | 1.55966 | 10.2 | 3 May 2006 | 23 June 2006 |
| 23 December 2006 | 23 June 2007 | 1.56395 | 10.2 | 11 August 2007 | 30 September 2007 |
| 14 April 2008 | 26 December 2008 | 1.03834 | 8.8 | 4 February 2009 | 16 March 2009 |
| 26 October 2009 | 22 April 2010 | 1.72775 | 10.4 | 13 June 2010 | 5 August 2010 |
| 28 January 2011 | 22 August 2011 | 1.21276 | 9.3 | 4 October 2011 | 18 November 2011 |
| 17 July 2012 | 22 February 2013 | 1.40927 | 9.8 | 10 April 2013 | 28 May 2013 |
| 6 December 2013 | 1 June 2014 | 1.66918 | 10.4 | 22 July 2014 | 12 September 2014 |
| 15 March 2015 | 17 November 2015 | 0.95942 | 8.4 | 25 December 2015 | 31 January 2016 |
| 2 October 2016 | 4 April 2017 | 1.67605 | 10.4 | 25 May 2017 | 16 July 2017 |
| 10 January 2018 | 21 July 2018 | 1.39418 | 9.8 | 6 September 2018 | 24 October 2018 |
| 31 May 2019 | 31 January 2020 | 1.22939 | 9.4 | 14 March 2020 | 27 April 2020 |
| 18 November 2020 | 12 May 2021 | 1.72526 | 10.4 | 3 July 2021 | 25 August 2021 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_DERIVED_LIGHTCURVE_V8_0/data/lc.tab
- ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_ALBEDOS_V1_1/data/albedos.tab
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