- 88 Thisbe
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=88 Thisbe
discoverer=Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
discovered=June 15 ,1866
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31 ,2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=414.025 Gm (2.768 AU)
perihelion=345.809 Gm (2.312 AU)
aphelion=482.242 Gm (3.224 AU)
eccentricity=0.165
period=1681.709 d (4.60 a)
inclination=5.219°
asc_node=276.765°
arg_peri=36.591°
mean_anomaly=165.454°
avg_speed=17.78 km/s
dimensions=232 km
mass=8.5e|18 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0561 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.1061 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=B
abs_magnitude=7.04
albedo=0.067 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~167 K88 Thisbe "(thiz'-bee," IPAEng|ˈθɪzbi) is one of the largest
main belt asteroid s. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters onJune 15 ,1866 and named afterThisbe , heroine of a Romanfable . An occultation of astar by Thisbe was observed onOctober 7 ,1981 . Results from the occultation indicate a larger than expected diameter of 232 km. [http://sorry.vse.cz/~ludek/mp/world/mpocc1.txt]References
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