217 Eudora

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=217 Eudora
discoverer=J. Coggia
discovered=August 30, 1880
alt_names=A914 RA
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=430.091 Gm (2.875 AU)
perihelion=298.821 Gm (1.997 AU)
aphelion=561.361 Gm (3.752 AU)
eccentricity=0.305
period=1780.504 d (4.87 a)
inclination=10.474°
asc_node=163.151°
arg_peri=154.303°
mean_anomaly=220.993°
avg_speed=17.57 km/s
dimensions=66.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=12.54 h
spectral_type=C
abs_magnitude=9.8
albedo=0.048
single_temperature="unknown"

217 Eudora is a large Main belt asteroid. It probably has a composition similar to carbonaceous chondrites.

It was discovered by J. Coggia on August 30, 1880 in Marseilles. It was his fourth asteroid discovery.

It was named after Eudora, a Hyad 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]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]