288 Glauke
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Robert Luther |
Discovery date | February 20, 1890 |
Designations | |
Named after | Glauce |
1955 MO; 1959 GB; 1961 WF | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch October 22, 2004 (JD 2453300.5) | |
Aphelion | 499.173 Gm (3.337 AU) |
Perihelion | 325.456 Gm (2.176 AU) |
412.314 Gm (2.756 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.211 |
1671.295 d (4.58 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.74 km/s |
332.837° | |
Inclination | 4.330° |
120.591° | |
83.174° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 32.2 ± 2.2 km (IRAS)[1] |
Mass | 3.5×1016 kg (assumed) |
Mean density | 2.0 ? g/cm³ |
0.0090 m/s² | |
0.0170 km/s | |
1200 hr (50 d)[1] | |
Albedo | 0.1973[1] |
Temperature | ~115 K |
Spectral type | SK |
9.84[1] | |
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288 Glauke (/ˈɡlɔːkiː/ GLAW-kee) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered by Robert Luther in 1890. It was the last of his asteroid discoveries. It is named after Glauke, a daughter of Creon a king of Corinth in Greek mythology.
Glauke has an exceptionally slow rotation period of about 1200 hours (50 days).[2] This makes it one of the slowest-rotating asteroids in the Solar System. The rotation is believed to be "tumbling", similar to the near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 288 Glauke" (2012-01-04 last obs). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ↑ "Radar Observations of Asteroid 288 Glauke" (PDF). NASA JPL. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
- 288 Glauke at the JPL Small-Body Database
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