Discovery | |
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Discovered by | C. H. F. Peters, 1879 |
Discovery date | 9 July 1879 |
Designations | |
(199) Byblis | |
Pronunciation | /ˈbɪblɪs/ [1] |
A879 NA; 1971 WB | |
Main belt | |
Adjectives | Byblian /ˈbɪbliən/ [2] |
Orbital characteristics [3] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 136.39 yr (49817 d) |
Aphelion | 3.7367 AU (559.00 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.5996 AU (388.89 Gm) |
3.1682 AU (473.96 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.17946 |
5.64 yr (2059.7 d) | |
86.623° | |
0° 10m 29.208s / day | |
Inclination | 15.474° |
88.589° | |
180.18° | |
Earth MOID | 1.58338 AU (236.870 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 1.372 AU (205.2 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.122 |
Physical characteristics [4] | |
38.06±0.30 km | |
5.2201 h (0.21750 d) | |
0.11±0.01 | |
8.5 | |
199 Byblis is a medium-sized main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 9, 1879, in Clinton, New York and named after Byblis, an incestuous lover in Greek mythology.
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366 Vincentina is a fairly large main belt asteroid.
237 Coelestina is a typical main belt asteroid.
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267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid.
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338 Budrosa is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an M-type asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 25 September 1892 in Nice.
343 Ostara is a background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory on 15 November 1892.
394 Arduina is an asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on 19 November 1894 in Marseilles.
443 Photographica is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
509 Iolanda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
534 Nassovia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Koronis family of asteroids.
576 Emanuela is an asteroid orbiting the Sun.
621 Werdandi is a Themistian asteroid.
662 Newtonia is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting mostly in the asteroid belt.
668 Dora is an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1908 DO.
818 Kapteynia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. This asteroid is named for the Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn.
852 Wladilena is a Phocaea asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt. It is named after the Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.
6144 Kondojiro (1994 EQ3) is an asteroid discovered on 14 March 1994 by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. It is named after Jiro Kondo, a Japanese Egyptologist and professor of archaeology at Waseda University.