101 Helena
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | James Craig Watson |
Discovery date | August 15, 1868 |
Designations | |
Named after | Helen of Troy |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
Aphelion | 441.092 Gm (2.949 AU) |
Perihelion | 331.683 Gm (2.217 AU) |
386.387 Gm (2.583 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.142 |
1516.159 d (4.15 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.44 km/s |
125.599° | |
Inclination | 10.199° |
343.471° | |
347.818° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 65.8 km |
Mass | 3.0×1017 kg |
Mean density | 2.0 g/cm³ |
0.0184 m/s² | |
0.0348 km/s | |
? d | |
Albedo | ? |
Temperature | ~173 K |
Spectral type | S |
8.33 | |
101 Helena is a fairly small, rocky main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 15, 1868. It is named after Helen of Troy in Greek mythology.