95 Arethusa

95 Arethusa

A three-dimensional model of 95 Arethusa based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Karl Theodor Robert Luther
Discovery date November 23, 1867
Designations
 
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion 527.303 Gm (3.525 AU)
Perihelion 390.547 Gm (2.611 AU)
458.925 Gm (3.068 AU)
Eccentricity 0.149
1962.561 d (5.37 a)
16.91 km/s
326.964°
Inclination 12.998°
243.148°
155.023°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 136.04 km
147 ± 32 km[1]
Mass 2.6×1018 kg
Mean density
? g/cm³
0.0380 m/s²
0.0719 km/s
? d
Albedo 0.070 [2]
Temperature ~159 K
Spectral type
C
7.84

    95 Arethusa (/ˌærɨˈθjzə/ ARR-ə-THEW-zə) is a large main-belt asteroid. Its coloring is dark, its composition carbonaceous and primitive. It was discovered by Robert Luther on November 23, 1867, and named after one of the various Arethusas in Greek mythology. Arethusa has been observed occulting a star three times: first on February 2, 1998, and twice in January 2003.

    References

    1. Ďurech, Josef; Kaasalainen, Mikko; Herald, David; Dunham, David; Timerson, Brad; Hanuš, Josef; Frappa, Eric; Talbot, John; Hayamizu, Tsutomu; Warner, Brian D.; Pilcher, Frederick; Galád, Adrián (2011). "Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes" (PDF). Icarus 214 (2): 652–670. arXiv:1104.4227. Bibcode:2011Icar..214..652D. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.016.
    2. Asteroid Data Sets

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