630 Euphemia
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery date | March 7, 1907 |
| Designations | |
| Named after | Euphemia |
| Alternative names | 1907 XW; A924 DC |
| Minor planet category | Main belt (Eunomia family) |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch August 18, 2005 (JD 2453600.5) | |
| Aphelion | 437.1 Gm (2.922 AU) |
| Perihelion | 348.0 Gm (2.326 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 392.5 Gm (2.624 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Orbital period | 1552.5 d (4.76 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.33 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 65.452° |
| Inclination | 13.844° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 105.571° |
| Argument of perihelion | 40.580° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17 km |
| Mass | ~7×1015 kg (estimate) |
| Mean density | ~2.7 g/cm³ (estimate)[2] |
| Equatorial surface gravity | ~0.006 m/s² (estimate) |
| Escape velocity | ~0.011 km/s (estimate) |
| Rotation period | unknown |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Temperature |
~165 K max: 248K (-26° C) |
| Spectral type | S-type asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.00 |
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630 Euphemia is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid.
References
- G. A. Krasinsky et al. Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt, Icarus, Vol. 158, p. 98 (2002).
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Datasite page on this space object
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