897 Lysistrata

897 Lysistrata
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 3 August 1918
Designations
1918 DZ
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 97.33 yr (35551 days)
Aphelion 2.7820 AU (416.18 Gm)
Perihelion 2.3016 AU (344.31 Gm)
2.5418 AU (380.25 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.094510
4.05 yr (1480.2 d)
87.8819°
 14m 35.592s / day
Inclination 14.326°
257.977°
24.460°
Earth MOID 1.29145 AU (193.198 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.32255 AU (347.449 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.395
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
10.955±0.7 km
11.26 h (0.469 d)
0.2619±0.036
10.37

    897 Lysistrata is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on August 3, 1918.

    This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "897 Lysistrata", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2 May 2016.
    2. 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: 10.1.1.31.2739.

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