133 Cyrene

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133 Cyrene
Orbita asteroida 133.png
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by James Craig Watson
Discovery date16 August 1873
Designations
(133) Cyrene
Pronunciation /sˈrn/ [1]
Named after
Cyrene (nymph)
A873 QA; 1910 NB;
1936 HO; 1948 QC;
1959 UR
Main belt
Adjectives Cyrenean /srɪˈnən/ , Cyrenian /sˈrniən/ [2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 142.65 yr (52104 d)
Aphelion 3.48274  AU (521.010  Gm)
Perihelion 2.64706 AU (395.995 Gm)
3.06490 AU (458.503 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.13633
5.37 yr (1959.9 d)
Average orbital speed
17.03 km/s
316.166°
0° 11m 1.273s / day
Inclination 7.21561°
319.066°
289.646°
Earth  MOID 1.64415 AU (245.961 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID 1.65199 AU (247.134 Gm)
TJupiter 3.206
Physical characteristics
Dimensions66.57±6.0  km
Mass 3.1 × 1017 kg
Mean density
2.0? g/cm3
Equatorial surface gravity
0.0186 m/s²
Equatorial escape velocity
0.0352 km/s
12.708  h (0.5295  d) [3]
12.707 h (0.5295 d) [4]
0.2563±0.053 [3]
0.2563 [5]
Temperature ~133 K
S [5]
7.98, [3] 7.990 [6]

    133 Cyrene is a fairly large and very bright main-belt asteroid that was discovered by J. C. Watson on 16 August 1873 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and named after Cyrene, a nymph, daughter of king Hypseus and beloved of Apollo in Greek mythology. [7] It is classified as an S-type asteroid based upon its spectrum. It is listed as a member of the Hecuba group of asteroids that orbit near the 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. [8]

    In the Tholen classification system, it is categorized as a stony SR-type asteroid. [9] Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Altimira Observatory in 1985 gave a light curve with a period of 12.707 ± 0.015 hours and a brightness variation of 0.22 in magnitude. This result matches previous measurements reported in 1984 and 2005. [4]

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