247 Eukrate

Minor Planet | name=247 Eukrate
discoverer=Robert Luther
discovery_date=March 14, 1885
designations=A901 TB, 1947 TA,
1960 TC
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=409.848 Gm (2.74 AU)
perihelion=309.665 Gm (2.07 AU)
aphelion=510.032 Gm (3.409 AU)
eccentricity=0.244
period=1656.291 d (4.53 a)
inclination=24.993°
asc_node=0.235°
arg_peri=55.134°
mean_anomaly=243.673°
speed=18.0 km/s
dimensions=134.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=12.10 h
spectral_class=CP
abs_mag=8.04
albedo=0.060
temperature="unknown"

247 Eukrate is a rather large Main belt asteroid. It is dark and likely a primitive carbonaceus body.

It was discovered by Robert Luther on March 14, 1885 in Düsseldorf.

It was named after Eukrate, a Nereid 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]