233 Asterope

233 Asterope
Discovery
Discovered by A. Borrelly
Discovery site Marseille Obs.
Discovery date 11 May 1883
Designations
MPC designation (233) Asterope
Pronunciation /əˈstɛrəpi/
ə-STERR-ə-pee
Named after
 Sterope
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 118.65 yr (43337 d)
Aphelion 2.9271 AU (437.89 Gm)
Perihelion 2.3927 AU (357.94 Gm)
2.6599 AU (397.92 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.10044
4.34 yr (1584.5 d)
138.789°
0° 13m 37.92s / day
Inclination 7.6832°
222.017°
125.128°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 102.78±7.9 km
19.70 h (0.821 d)
0.0870±0.015
Tholen = T [1]
SMASS = K [1]
8.21[1]

    233 Asterope (/əˈstɛrəpi/ ə-STERR-ə-pee) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered on 11 May 1883, by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly at Marseille Observatory in Marseille, France. The asteroid was named after Asterope (or Sterope), one of the Pleiades. It is a rare T-type asteroid[2] and has a relatively dark surface. The spectrum of 233 Asterope bears a resemblance to Troilite, a sulfurous iron mineral found in most iron meteorites.[3]

    Photometric observations during 1995 show a rotation period of 19.743 hours.[2] Measurements made with the IRAS observatory give a diameter of 109.56 ± 5.04 km and a geometric albedo of 0.08 ± 0.01. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space Telescope gives a diameter of 97.54 ± 10.32 km and a geometric albedo of 0.10 ± 0.01.[4]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "233 Asterope". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Piironen, J.; et al. (March 1998), "Physical studies of asteroids. XXXII. Rotation periods and UBVRI-colours for selected asteroids", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 128 (3): 525–540, Bibcode:1998A&AS..128..525P, doi:10.1051/aas:1998393
    3. ↑ Britt, D. T.; et al. (July 1992), "The Reflectance Spectrum of Troilite and the T-Type Asteroids", Meteoritics, 27 (3): 207, Bibcode:1992Metic..27Q.207B
    4. ↑ Ryan, Erin Lee; et al. (April 2012), "The Kilometer-Sized Main Belt Asteroid Population as Revealed by Spitzer", arXiv:1204.1116 [astro-ph.EP].


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