215 Oenone

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=215 Oenone
discoverer=Viktor Knorre
discovered=April 7, 1880
alt_names="n/a"
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=413.806 Gm (2.766 AU)
perihelion=399.729 Gm (2.672 AU)
aphelion=427.882 Gm (2.86 AU)
eccentricity=0.034
period=1680.34 d (4.6 a)
inclination=1.69°
asc_node=25.052°
arg_peri=321.466°
mean_anomaly=265.894°
avg_speed=17.91 km/s
dimensions=36.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_type="unknown"
abs_magnitude=9.59
albedo="unknown"
single_temperature="unknown"

215 Oenone is a typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Viktor Knorre on April 7, 1880 in Berlin. It was first of his four asteroid discoveries.

It was named after Oenone, a nymph in Greek mythology.

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]