247 Eukrate
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Robert Luther |
| Discovery date | March 14, 1885 |
| Designations | |
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A901 TB, 1947 TA, 1960 TC | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.409 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.07 AU |
| 2.74 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.244 |
| 1656.291 d (4.53 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.0 km/s |
| 243.673° | |
| Inclination | 24.993° |
| 0.235° | |
| 55.134° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 134.0 km |
| 12.10 h | |
| Albedo | 0.060 |
Spectral type | CP |
| 8.04 | |
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247 Eukrate is a rather large main-belt asteroid. It is dark and probably a primitive carbonaceus body. The asteroid was discovered by Robert Luther on March 14, 1885, in Düsseldorf. It was named after Eukrate, a Nereid in Greek mythology.
In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.18 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 134 ± 15 km.[1]
References
- ↑ Magri, Christopher et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003", Icarus 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 2015-04-14.
External links
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
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