651 Antikleia

651 Antikleia
Discovery[1]
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Discovery date October 4, 1907
Designations
MPC designation 651
Named after Anticlea
Alternate name(s) 1907 AN
Minor planet
category		 Main belt [2]
Epoch November 30, 2008
Ap 3.3185 AU
Peri 2.7319 AU
Semi-major axis 3.02523 AU
Eccentricity 0.09695
Orbital period 1921.93 days (5.26 years)
Mean anomaly 86.86°
Inclination 10.767°
Longitude of ascending node 38.203°
Argument of peri 355.742°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 33.04 kilometres (20.53 mi) ± 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi)
Mean diameter[4]
Rotation period 20.291 ± 0.003 hours [5]
20.287 ± 0.004 hours [6]
Albedo 0.1603 ± 0.024 [4]
Absolute magnitude (H) 10.01 [7]

651 Antikleia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1907 by August Kopff at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.[1] It is named for Anticlea the mother of Odysseus.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html. Retrieved December 17, 2008. 
  2. ^ "651 Antikleia (1907 AN)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=651+Antikleia. Retrieved December 28, 2008. 
  3. ^ "(651) Antikleia". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=651. Retrieved December 17, 2008. 
  4. ^ a b Tedesco et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/imps.html. Retrieved December 28, 2008. 
  5. ^ Galád et al. (2008). "A Collection of Lightcurves from Modra: 2007 December- 2008 June". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 144–146. Bibcode 2008MPBu...35..144G. 
  6. ^ Sada et al. (2005). "CCD photometry of asteroids 651 Antikleia, 738 Alagasta, and 2151 Hadwiger using a remote commercial telescope". The Minor Planet Bulletin 32 (4): 73–75. Bibcode 2005MPBu...32...73S. 
  7. ^ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0.. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/astermag.html. Retrieved December 28, 2008. 
  8. ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 64. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. http://books.google.com/?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA64. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
650 Amalasuntha•651 Antikleia• 652 Jubilatrix
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