- 202 Chryseïs
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=202 Chryseïs
discoverer=C. H. F. Peters
discovered=September 11 ,1879
alt_names=A901 TA, 1935 BL
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January ,2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=459.77 Gm (3.073 AU)
perihelion=415.833 Gm (2.78 AU)
aphelion=503.707 Gm (3.367 AU)
eccentricity=0.096
period=1967.947 d (5.39 a)
inclination=8.833°
asc_node=137.101°
arg_peri=0.423°
mean_anomaly=323.168°
avg_speed=16.99 km/s
dimensions=86.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=15.74 h
spectral_type=S
abs_magnitude=7.42
albedo=0.256
single_temperature="unknown"202 Chryseïs is a large, lightly coloured Main belt
asteroid . It is probably composed ofsilicate rocks.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on
September 11 ,1879 in Clinton, New York.It was named after the mythical Trojan woman
Chryseis .References
* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html Asteroid Lightcurve Parameters]
* [http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/albedo.html Asteroid Albedo Compilation]
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