179 Klytaemnestra

179 Klytaemnestra
Discovery
Discovered by J. C. Watson
Discovery date November 11, 1877
Designations
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Aphelion 3.313 AU
Perihelion 2.628 AU
2.971 AU
Eccentricity 0.115
5.12 years
Inclination 7.82°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 75.02 ± 3.21[2] km
Mass (2.49 ± 1.19) × 1017[2] kg
Mean density
 1.12 ± 0.55[2] g/cm3
11.173 hours
Albedo 0.161
Spectral type
 S
8.15

    179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on November 11, 1877.[3] It was the last of his 22 asteroid discoveries,[4] and was named after Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon in Greek mythology. This is classified as a stony S-type asteroid, based upon its spectrum.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 11.13 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.55 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[5]

    References

    1. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "179 Klytaemnestra", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
    3. ↑ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances (IAU Minor Planet center), retrieved 2013-04-07.
    4. ↑ Leuschner, Armin O. (March 1919), "Perturbations and Tables of the Minor Planets Discovered by James C. Watson", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 5 (3): 67–76, Bibcode:1919PNAS....5...67L, doi:10.1073/pnas.5.3.67.
    5. ↑ Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 34 (3): 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.