174 Phaedra

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174 Phaedra
174Phaedra (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 174 Phaedra based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by J. C. Watson
Discovery date2 September 1877
Designations
(174) Phaedra
Pronunciation /ˈfdrə/ [1]
A877 RA
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 138.61 yr (50629 d)
Aphelion 3.2658  AU (488.56  Gm)
Perihelion 2.4572 AU (367.59 Gm)
2.8615 AU (428.07 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.14128
4.84 yr (1768.0 d)
330.70°
0° 12m 13.032s / day
Inclination 12.124°
327.69°
289.08°
Earth  MOID 1.47439 AU (220.566 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID 1.99981 AU (299.167 Gm)
TJupiter 3.254
Physical characteristics
34.62±2.2 km
5.744  h (0.2393  d)
0.1495±0.021
S
8.48

    174 Phaedra is a sizable, rocky main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on September 2, 1877, and named after Phaedra, the tragic lovelorn queen in Greek mythology.

    The asteroid is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.84 years and an eccentricity of 0.14. Lightcurve data obtained from Phaedra indicates a rather irregular or elongated body. It has a cross-section size of ~35 km. Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Shadowbox Observatory in Carmel, Indiana, during 2009 gave a light curve with a period of 4.96 ± 0.01 hours. This is consistent with previous studies in 1977, 1988, and 2008. [3] The asteroid's pole of rotation lies just 5–16° away from the plane of the ecliptic. [4]

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    References

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