196 Philomela
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Semimajor axis | 3.112 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 3.035 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.189 AU |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Inclination | 7.25° |
| Eccentricity | 0.025 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 136.3 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html) | 8.343 hours |
| Spectral class | S |
| Abs. magnitude | 6.54 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.228 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1879 |
196 Philomela is a large and bright main belt asteroid. It is composed of silicate rocks and iron-nickel.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 14, 1879 and named after Philomela, the woman who became a nightingale in Greek mythology.
There are so far two reported Philomelian stellar occultations.
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