62 Erato
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by: | Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Julius Foerster |
| Discovery date: | September 14, 1860 |
| Alternative names: | |
| Minor planet category: | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion distance: | 550.315 Gm (3.679 AU) |
| Perihelion distance: | 383.868 Gm (2.566 AU) |
| Semi-major axis: | 467.092 Gm (3.122 AU) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.178 |
| Orbital period: | 2015.178 d (5.52 a) |
| Avg. orbital speed: | 16.72 km/s |
| Mean anomaly: | 161.828° |
| Inclination: | 2.223° |
| Longitude of ascending node: | 125.738° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 273.285° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions: | 95.4 km |
| Mass: | 9.1×1017 kg |
| Mean density: | ? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity: | 0.0267 m/s² |
| Escape velocity: | 0.0504 km/s |
| Rotation period: | ? d |
| Albedo: | 0.061 [1] |
| Temperature: | ~158 K |
| Spectral type: | C? |
| Absolute magnitude: | 8.76 |
62 Erato (e-ray'-toh) is a large and dark, probably carbonaceous main belt asteroid. It is a member of the Themis asteroid family. Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on September 14, 1860. It was their first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after Erato, the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology.
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