496 Gryphia

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496 Gryphia

Name
Name Gryphia
Designations 1902 KH; 1931 TB;
1931 TN2; 1933 FQ;
1936 CB; 1951 WS2
Discovery
Discoverer Max Wolf
Discovery date October 25, 1902
Discovery site Heidelberg
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.080
Semimajor axis (a) 2.199 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.024 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.374 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.260 a
Inclination (i) 3.789°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 207.766°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 258.307°
Mean anomaly (M) 138.405°

496 Gryphia is an S-type asteroid[1] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168 [2].