80 Sappho
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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 | 2.296 AU |
Perihelion distance | 1.834 AU |
Aphelion distance | 2.757 AU |
Orbital period | 3.48 years |
Inclination | 8.66° |
Eccentricity | 0.201 |
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
Diameter | 78.4 km |
Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 14.03 hours |
Spectral class | S |
Abs. magnitude | 7.98 |
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.185 |
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
Discoverer | N. R. Pogson, 1864 |
80 Sappho (saf'-oh) is a quite large main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Norman Pogson on May 2, 1864 and is named after Sappho, the Greek poet.
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