96 Aegle

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name=96 Aegle
discoverer=Jérôme Eugène Coggia
discovered=February 17, 1868
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=457.388 Gm (3.057 AU)
perihelion=397.127 Gm (2.655 AU)
aphelion=517.649 Gm (3.460 AU)
eccentricity=0.132
period=1952.711 d (5.35 a)
inclination=15.938°
asc_node=321.809°
arg_peri=206.967°
mean_anomaly=354.814°
avg_speed=16.96 km/s
dimensions=169.9 km
mass=5.1e|18 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0475 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0898 km/s
rotation=13.82 h* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=96%20Aegle;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#orb JPL Small-Body Database Browser] ]
spectral_type=T
abs_magnitude=7.67
albedo=0.052 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~159 K

96 Aegle "(ee'-glee," IPAEng|ˈiːgli) is a very large main belt asteroid. It has a dark-colored surface and probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by Jérôme Coggia on February 17, 1868 and named after one of the three Aegles in Greek mythology. Aegle has been observed occulting three stars.

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