669 Kypria
.png) A three-dimensional model of 669 Kypria based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 20 August 1908 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (669) Kypria |
| 1908 DQ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 110.22 yr (40258 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2452 AU (485.48 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7840 AU (416.48 Gm) |
| 3.0146 AU (450.98 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.076496 |
| 5.23 yr (1911.8 d) | |
| 277.943° | |
| 0° 11m 17.88s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.794° |
| 170.761° | |
| 114.672° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 15.875±0.65 km |
| 14.283 h (0.5951 d) | |
| 0.1405±0.012 | |
| 10.24 | |
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669 Kypria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on August 20, 1908.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "669 Kypria", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ 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, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
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