49 Pales
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Discovery A | |
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Discoverer | Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt |
Discovery date | September 19, 1857 |
Alternate designations B |
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Category | Main belt |
Orbital elements C | |
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Eccentricity (e) | 0.233 |
Semi-major axis (a) | 461.538 Gm (3.085 AU) |
Perihelion (q) | 353.875 Gm (2.366 AU) |
Aphelion (Q) | 569.200 Gm (3.805 AU) |
Orbital period (P) | 1979.344 d (5.42 a) |
Mean orbital speed | 16.72 km/s |
Inclination (i) | 3.180° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
286.178° |
Argument of perihelion (ω) |
110.188° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 147.198° |
Physical characteristics D | |
Dimensions | 149.8 km |
Mass | 3.5×1018 kg |
Density | ? g/cm³ |
Surface gravity | 0.0419 m/s² |
Escape velocity | 0.0792 km/s |
Rotation period | ? d |
Spectral class | C |
Absolute magnitude | 7.8 |
Albedo (geometric) | 0.060 [1] |
Mean surface temperature |
~158 K |
49 Pales (IPA: /ˈpeɪliz/) is a large, dark Main belt asteroid. Pales was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 and named after Pales, goddess of shepherds in Roman mythology.
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