339 Dorothea
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1892 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Dorothea Klumpke |
| 1892 G | |
| Main belt (Eos) | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 494.526 Gm (3.306 AU) |
| Perihelion | 407.842 Gm (2.726 AU) |
| 451.184 Gm (3.016 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.096 |
| 1913.077 d (5.24 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.15 km/s |
| 205.657° | |
| Inclination | 9.941° |
| 173.863° | |
| 159.341° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 38.0 km |
Spectral type | SK |
| 9.24 | |
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339 Dorothea is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "339 Dorothea", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053, CiteSeerX: 10
.1 , retrieved 2013-04-06..1 .31 .2739
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