80 Sappho
A three-dimensional model of 80 Sappho based on its light curve. | |
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Norman Robert Pogson |
Discovery date | May 2, 1864 |
Designations | |
Named after | Sappho |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
Aphelion | 412.343 Gm (2.756 AU) |
Perihelion | 274.831 Gm (1.837 AU) |
343.587 Gm (2.297 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.200 |
1271.350 d (3.48 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.46 km/s |
262.909° | |
Inclination | 8.664° |
218.819° | |
139.111° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 78.4 km |
Mass | 5.0×1017 kg |
0.0219 m/s² | |
0.0414 km/s | |
? d | |
Albedo | 0.185 [2] |
Temperature | ~184 K |
Spectral type | S |
7.98 | |
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80 Sappho (/ˈsæfoʊ/ SAF-oh) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Norman Pogson on May 2, 1864, and is named after Sappho, the Greek poet.
13-cm radar observations of this asteroid from the Arecibo Observatory between 1980 and 1985 were used to produce a diameter estimate of 83 km.[3]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "80 Sappho", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ Asteroid Data Sets
- ↑ Ostro, S. J. et al. (August 1985), "Mainbelt asteroids - Dual-polarization radar observations", Science 229 (4712): 442–446, Bibcode:1985Sci...229..442O, doi:10.1126/science.229.4712.442, PMID 17738665.
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