171 Ophelia

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171 Ophelia
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3D convex shape model of 171 Ophelia
Discovery
Discovered by A. Borrelly
Discovery date13 January 1877
Designations
(171) Ophelia
Pronunciation /ˈfliə/ [1]
A877 AB
Main belt (Themis)
Adjectives Ophelian /ɒˈfliən/ [2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 122.15 yr (44615 d)
Aphelion 3.5476  AU (530.71  Gm)
Perihelion 2.7175 AU (406.53 Gm)
3.1326 AU (468.63 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.13249
5.54 yr (2025.1 d)
11.164°
0° 10m 39.972s / day
Inclination 2.5461°
100.52°
56.849°
Physical characteristics
130.808±1.483  km [3]
Mass (1.064 ± 0.535/0.351)×1018 kg [4]
Mean density
1.755 ± 0.883/0.579 g/cm3 [4] [lower-alpha 1]
6.66535  h (0.277723  d)
0.0615±0.004
C
8.31

    171 Ophelia is a large, dark Themistian asteroid [5] that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on 13 January 1877, and named after Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet . [6]

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    This asteroid is a member of the Themis family of asteroids that share similar orbital elements. [7] It probably has a primitive composition, similar to that of the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.

    A 1979 study of the Algol-like light curve produced by this asteroid concluded that it was possible to model the brightness variation by assuming a binary system with a circular orbit, a period of 13.146 hours, and an inclination of 15° to the line of sight from the Earth. [8] Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Leura Observatory in Leura, Australia during 2006 gave a rotation period of 6.6666 ± 0.0002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.50 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This is in agreement with previous studies. [9]

    Ophelia is also the name of a moon of Uranus.

    Notes

    1. Assuming a diameter of 105.01 ± 3.54 km.

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