166 Rhodope
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt (Adeona) |
| Semimajor axis | 2.685 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.115 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.256 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.40 years |
| Inclination | 12.01° |
| Eccentricity | 0.213 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter 4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) | 59.9 km |
| Rotation period | 7.87 hours |
| Spectral class 4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) | GC: |
| Abs. magnitude | 9.89 |
| Albedo 4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) | 0.054 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1876 |
166 Rhodope is a very dark main belt asteroid, a member of the Adeona family of asteroids.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 15, 1876 and named after Rhodope, the queen in Greek mythology who was turned into a mountain.
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