427 Galene
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 27 August 1897 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (427) Galene |
| 1897 DJ | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 110.93 yr (40519 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.32976 AU (498.125 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.61263 AU (390.844 Gm) |
| 2.97119 AU (444.484 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.12068 |
| 5.12 yr (1870.7 d) | |
| 90.0900° | |
| 0° 11m 32.806s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.12388° |
| 297.424° | |
| 12.2909° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 29.98±1.2 km |
| 3.705 h (0.1544 d) | |
| 0.2364±0.020 | |
| 10.2 | |
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427 Galene is a typical Main belt asteroid.
The asteroid was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 27 August 1897 in Nice.
It was named after one of the Nereids of Greek Mythology (Hesiod, Theogony, 240)
References
- ↑ "427 Galene (1897 DJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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