118 Peitho
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Karl Theodor Robert Luther |
| Discovery date | 15 March 1872 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Peitho |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 144.05 yr (52615 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8353 AU (424.15 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.03988 AU (305.162 Gm) |
| 2.43757 AU (364.655 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.16315 |
| 3.81 yr (1390.1 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.95 km/s |
| 51.1620° | |
| 0° 15m 32.328s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.7427° |
| 47.701° | |
| 33.403° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.05849 AU (158.348 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.4367 AU (364.53 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.473 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 41.73±1.5 km |
| Mass | 7.6×1016 kg |
Equatorial surface gravity | 0.0117 m/s² |
Equatorial escape velocity | 0.0220 km/s |
| 7.8055 h (0.32523 d)[1] 7.823 h[2] | |
| 0.2240±0.017 | |
| Temperature | ~178 K |
| S | |
| 9.14 | |
118 Peitho is a main-belt asteroid. It is probably an 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 other in 2003.[3][4]
In 2009, Photometric observations of this asteroid were made at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The resulting asymmetrical light curve shows a synodic rotation period of 7.823 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This was reasonably consistent with independent studies performed in 1980 (7.78 hours) and 2009 (7.8033 hours).[2]
References
- ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "118 Peitho", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ a b Warner, Brian D. (October 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: 2009 March-June", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 172–176, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36..172W, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009.
- ^ von Boinik, I. F. B. "Planet (118) Peitho". Astronomische Nachrichten. 145: 31. Bibcode:1897AN....145...31V. doi:10.1002/asna.18981450107.
- ^ NASA Planetary Data System
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