496 Gryphia

496 Gryphia

Discovery
Discovered by	Max Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	25 October 1902
Designations
Alternative names	1902 KH; 1931 TB; 1931 TN2; 1933 FQ; 1936 CB; 1951 WS2
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	112.79 yr (41198 d)
Aphelion	2.3726 AU (354.94 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0255 AU (303.01 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.1990 AU (328.97 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.078917
Orbital period	3.26 yr (1191.1 d)
Mean anomaly	267.309°
Mean motion	0° 18^m 8.064^s / day
Inclination	3.7916°
Longitude of ascending node	207.608°
Argument of perihelion	258.567°
Earth MOID	1.04478 AU (156.297 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.71225 AU (405.747 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.659
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	7.735±0.55 km
Rotation period	18.0 h (0.75 d)
Geometric albedo	0.1676±0.027
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.61

496 Gryphia is an S-type asteroid^[2] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168.^[3]

References

1. "496 Gryphia (1902 KH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
2. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/taxonomy.html
3. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/imps.html

External links

• 496 Gryphia at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters