381 Myrrha

Minor Planet | name=381 Myrrha
discoverer=Auguste Charlois
discovery_date=January 10, 1894
designations=1894 AS
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=481.534 Gm (3.219 AU)
perihelion=435.617 Gm (2.912 AU)
aphelion=527.45 Gm (3.526 AU)
eccentricity=0.095
period=2109.318 d (5.77 a)
inclination=12.527°
asc_node=125.354°
arg_peri=137.241°
mean_anomaly=0.901°
speed=16.6 km/s
dimensions=147.2×126.6 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class=C
abs_mag=8.25
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

381 Myrrha is a very large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 10, 1894 in Nice.

The occultation of Alhena (γ Geminorum) by Myrrha was observed in Japan and China on January 13, 1991, and the size and shape of Myrrha were clarified [http://kaicho.pobox.ne.jp/tenshow/occult/asoc9101/] .

External links

* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1993AJ....105.1553S&db_key=AST The occultation of gamma Geminorum by the asteroid 381 Myrrha]