118 Peitho
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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 | 2.437 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.042 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 2.833 AU |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Inclination | 7.74° |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 41.7 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 7.78 hours |
| Spectral class | S |
| Abs. magnitude | 9.14 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.224 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | R. Luther, 1872 |
118 Peitho is a main belt asteroid. It is probably a fairly typical bright-coloured S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by R. Luther on March 15, 1872 and named after one of the two Peithos in Greek mythology.
There have been two observed Peithoan occultations of a dim star, one was in 2000 and the one in 2003.
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