62 Erato
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A three-dimensional model of 62 Erato based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Julius Foerster |
| Discovery date | September 14, 1860 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Erato |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 550.315 Gm (3.679 AU) |
| Perihelion | 383.868 Gm (2.566 AU) |
| 467.092 Gm (3.122 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| 2015.178 d (5.52 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.72 km/s |
| 161.828° | |
| Inclination | 2.223° |
| 125.738° | |
| 273.285° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 95.4 km |
| Mass | 9.1×1017 kg |
Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| 0.0267 m/s² | |
| 0.0504 km/s | |
| 5.675 ± 0.001 h[1] | |
| Albedo | 0.061 [2] |
| Temperature | ~158 K |
Spectral type | C? |
| 8.76 | |
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62 Erato (/ˈɛrətoʊ/ ERR-ə-toh) is a large and dark, probably carbonaceous Themistian asteroid. It is a member of the Eos family.[1]
Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on September 14, 1860 from the Berlin Observatory. It was their first and only asteroid discovery. The name was chosen by Johann Franz Encke, director of the observatory, and refers to Erato, the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology.[3]
References
- 1 2 Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus, 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.
- ↑ Asteroid Data Sets
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, p.21.
External links
- 62 Erato at the JPL Small-Body Database
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