75 Eurydike
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
Discovery date | September 22, 1862 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (75) Eurydike |
Named after | Eurydice |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
Aphelion | 521.874 Gm (3.489 AU) |
Perihelion | 278.028 Gm (1.858 AU) |
399.951 Gm (2.674 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.305 |
1596.687 d (4.37 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.79 km/s |
26.318° | |
Inclination | 5.002° |
359.481° | |
339.566° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 55.7 km |
Mass | 1.8×1017 kg |
Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
0.0156 m/s² | |
0.0294 km/s | |
? d | |
Albedo | 0.149 [1] |
Temperature | ~170 K |
Spectral type | M |
8.96 | |
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75 Eurydike (/jʊˈrɪdᵻkiː/ ew-RID-i-kee) is a main-belt asteroid. It has an M-type spectrum and a relatively high albedo and may be rich in nickel-iron. Eurydike was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 22, 1862. It was second of his numerous asteroid discoveries. It is named after Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus.
References
- ↑ Asteroid Data Sets Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite
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