270 Anahita

Minor Planet | name=270 Anahita
discoverer=C. H. F. Peters
discovery_date=October 8, 1887
designations=1926 VG
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=328.872 Gm (2.198 AU)
perihelion=279.282 Gm (1.867 AU)
aphelion=378.461 Gm (2.53 AU)
eccentricity=0.151
period=1190.534 d (3.26 a)
inclination=2.365°
asc_node=254.568°
arg_peri=80.427°
mean_anomaly=29.193°
speed=20.09 km/s
dimensions=51.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=15.06 h
spectral_class=S
abs_mag=8.75
albedo=0.217
temperature="unknown"

270 Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8, 1887 in Clinton, New York.

It was named after the Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita.

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]