118 Peitho

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name=118 Peitho
discoverer=Karl Theodor Robert Luther
discovered=March 15, 1872
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=364.541 Gm (2.437 AU)
perihelion=304.927 Gm (2.038 AU)
aphelion=424.156 Gm (2.835 AU)
eccentricity=0.164
period=1389.411 d (3.80 a)
inclination=7.743°
asc_node=47.743°
arg_peri=33.655°
mean_anomaly=224.181°
avg_speed=18.95 km/s
dimensions=41.7 km
mass=7.6e|16 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0117 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0220 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=S
abs_magnitude=9.14
albedo=?
single_temperature=~178 K

118 Peitho is a main belt asteroid. It is probably an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 15, 1872 and named after one of the two Peithos in Greek mythology. There have been two observed Peithoan occultations of a dim star, one was in 2000 and the other in 2003.