322 Phaeo

Minor Planet | name=322 Phaeo
discoverer=A. Borrelly
discovery_date=November 27, 1891
designations=
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=417.019 Gm (2.788 AU)
perihelion=315.131 Gm (2.107 AU)
aphelion=518.906 Gm (3.469 AU)
eccentricity=0.244
period=1699.948 d (4.65 a)
inclination=8.016°
asc_node=252.678°
arg_peri=114.424°
mean_anomaly=171.962°
speed=17.84 km/s
dimensions=71.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class=M
abs_mag=9.01
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

322 Phaeo is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a M-type asteroid.

The asteroid was discovered by A. Borrelly on November 27, 1891 in Marseilles, France. It was named for the Greek mythological figure Phaeo, one of the Hyades or nymphs. Several other asteroids were named for other of the Hyades - 106 Dione, 158 Coronis, 217 Eudora, and 308 Polyxo. [Lutz D. Schmadel, "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names", p. 42. Springer, ISBN 3540002383.]

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