137 Meliboea
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt (Meliboea) |
| Semimajor axis | 3.113 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.425 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.801 AU |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Inclination | 13.43° |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 145.4 km |
| Rotation period | 15.13 hours |
| Spectral class | C |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.05 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.050 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | J. Palisa, 1874 |
137 Meliboea is a large and very dark main belt asteroid. It is composed of carbonaceous materials.
It is the largest body in the Meliboea family of asteroids. Only 791 Ani approaches its size.
It was discovered by J. Palisa on April 21, 1874, the second of his many asteroid discoveries. It is named after one of the two Meliboeas in Greek mythology.
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