- 79 Eurynome
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name=79 Eurynome
discoverer=James Craig Watson
discovered=September 14 ,1863
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31 ,2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=365.743 Gm (2.445 AU)
perihelion=295.538 Gm (1.976 AU)
aphelion=435.949 Gm (2.914 AU)
eccentricity=0.192
period=1396.288 d (3.82 a)
inclination=4.622°
asc_node=206.802°
arg_peri=200.384°
mean_anomaly=149.498°
avg_speed=18.87 km/s
dimensions=66.5 km
mass=3.1e|17 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0186 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0352 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=S
magnitude = 9.35 (brightest)
abs_magnitude=7.96
albedo=0.262 (geometric) [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~178 K79 Eurynome "(ew-rin'-ə-mee," IPAEng|jʊˈrɪnəmi) is a quite large and bright
main belt asteroid composed ofsilicate rock. Eurynome was discovered by J. C. Watson onSeptember 14 ,1863 . It was his first asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the manyEurynome s inGreek mythology .References
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=79;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=79 Ephemeris]
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