388 Charybdis
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | March 7, 1894 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Charybdis |
| 1894 BA | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 475.872 Gm (3.181 AU) |
| Perihelion | 423.337 Gm (2.83 AU) |
| 449.604 Gm (3.005 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.058 |
| 1903.039 d (5.21 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.18 km/s |
| 296.545° | |
| Inclination | 6.459° |
| 354.626° | |
| 333.003° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 114.0 km |
| Mass | unknown |
Mean density | unknown |
| unknown | |
| unknown | |
| unknown | |
| Albedo | unknown |
| Temperature | unknown |
Spectral type | C |
| 8.57 | |
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388 Charybdis is a very large main-belt asteroid.[1] It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive carbonates. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 7, 1894, in Nice. It is probably named after the monster in Greek mythology.
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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