Eurykleia (minor planet designation: 195 Eurykleia) is a fairly large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on April 19, 1879, and named after Euryclea, the wet-nurse of Odysseus in The Odyssey.
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Discovered by | J. Palisa, 1879 |
Discovery date | 19 April 1879 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (195) Eurykleia |
Pronunciation | /jʊrɪˈkliːə/[1] |
Minor planet category | Main belt |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 131.99 yr (48,208 d) |
Aphelion | 3.00 AU (449.33 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.75 AU (411.29 Gm) |
Semi-major axis | 2.88 AU (430.30 Gm) |
Eccentricity | 0.044205 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.88 yr (1,781.9 d) |
Mean anomaly | 113.56° |
Mean motion | 0° 12m 7.308s / day |
Inclination | 6.9718° |
Longitude of ascending node | 6.9930° |
Argument of perihelion | 119.12° |
Earth MOID | 1.77 AU (264.87 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.01 AU (300.95 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.284 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 42.855±0.85 km |
Synodic rotation period | 16.52178±0.00001 h[3] |
Geometric albedo | 0.0599±0.002 |
Spectral type | Ch[3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.01 |
This body is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.88 years and a low eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.04. The orbital plane is inclined by 7° from the plane of the ecliptic. It is spinning with a rotation period of 16.5 hours and varies in brightness with an amplitude of 0.24 magnitude. The cross-section diameter of this body is 43 km. The asteroid has a taxonomic type of Ch in the SMASS classification,[3] which indicates it has a dark surface with a primitive carbonaceous composition.
195 Eurykleia has been observed to occult stars twice, once in 2011 and again in 2021.
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