197 Arete

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197 Arete
Orbita asteroida 197.png
Orbital diagram
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Johann Palisa
Discovery date21 May 1879
Designations
(197) Arete
Pronunciation /əˈrt/ [2]
Named after
Arete
A879 KA; 1934 RE1;
1950 DY
Asteroid belt
Orbital characteristics [3] [4]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 136.89 yr (50000 d)
Aphelion 3.1882283  AU (476.95216  Gm) (Q)
Perihelion 2.2897600 AU (342.54322 Gm) (q)
2.7389941 AU (409.74769 Gm) (a)
Eccentricity 0.1640143 (e)
4.53 yr (1655.7 d)
20.361539° (M)
0° 13m 2.744s / day (n)
Inclination 8.793773° (i)
81.607160° (Ω)
246.46589° (ω)
Earth  MOID 1.29448 AU (193.651 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID 2.16829 AU (324.372 Gm)
TJupiter 3.314
Physical characteristics [5]
Dimensions29.18±2.4  km
6.6084  h (0.27535  d) [3]
6.54 h [6]
0.4417±0.083 [3]
0.442 [7]
S [8]
9.18 [3]

    197 Arete is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. It has a very bright surface, even so when compared to other rocky S-type asteroid.

    It was discovered by J. Palisa on May 21, 1879, and named after Arete, the mother of Nausicaa in Homer's The Odyssey . [9] Every 18 years, this asteroid approaches within 0.04 AU of 4 Vesta. During these encounters, Vesta causes a gravitational perturbation of Arete, allowing the mass of Vesta to be directly determined. [10]

    Photometric observations during 1984 showed a rotation period of 6.54 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.01 in magnitude. The light curve shows "four well defined extrema with two asymmetric maxima". [11]

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