195 Eurykleia
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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 | 2.877 AU |
Perihelion distance | 2.764 AU |
Aphelion distance | 2.991 AU |
Orbital period | 4.88 years |
Inclination | 6.98° |
Eccentricity | 0.040 |
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
Diameter | 85.7 km |
Spectral class | C |
Abs. magnitude | 9.01 |
Albedo 3 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.060 |
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
Discoverer | J. Palisa, 1879 |
195 Eurykleia is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It has a dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition.
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 19, 1879 and named after Euryclea, the wet-nurse of Odysseus in The Odyssey.
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