49 Pales

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49 Pales
Discovery A
Discoverer Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt
Discovery date September 19, 1857
Alternate
designations
B
 
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
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
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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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Asteroid Data Sets