35 Leukothea

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35Leukothea (Lightcurve Inversion).png
Three-dimensional model of 35 Leukothea created based on light-curve
Discovery
Discovered by R. Luther
Discovery dateApril 19, 1855
Designations
Designation
(35) Leukothea
Pronunciation /ljˈkɒθiə/ [1]
Named after
Λευκοθέα Leykothea
1948 DC; 1950 RS1; 1976 WH
Main belt
Adjectives Leukothean /ljˈkɒθiən/
Symbol Leukothea symbol (bold).svg (historical)
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion 549.374 Gm (3.672 AU)
Perihelion 345.074 Gm (2.307 AU)
447.224 Gm (2.990 AU)
Eccentricity 0.228
1,887.983 d (5.17  a)
Average orbital speed
17.00 km/s
77.469°
Inclination 7.938°
353.817°
213.962°
Physical characteristics
103.05 ± 1.2 km [3]
Mass (1.014 ± 0.491/0.321)×1018 kg [3]
Mean density
1.769 ± 0.857/0.56 g/cm3 [3]
~0.0513 km/s
31.900 [4] h
Albedo 0.066 [5]
Temperature ~162 K
Spectral type
C
8.5

    35 Leukothea is a large, dark asteroid from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther on April 19, 1855, [6] and named after Leukothea, a sea goddess in Greek mythology. Its historical symbol was a pharos (ancient lighthouse); it is in the pipeline for Unicode 17.0 as U+1CED0 𜻐 ( Leukothea symbol (fixed width).svg ). [7] [8]

    Leukothea is a C-type asteroid in the Tholen classification system, [2] suggesting a carbonaceous composition. It is orbiting the Sun with a period of 5.17 years and has a cross-sectional size of 103.1 km.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid from the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a light curve with a rotation period of 31.900±0.001 hours and a brightness variability of 0.42±0.04 in magnitude. This is consistent with previous studies in 1990 and 2008. [4]

    The computed Lyapunov time for this asteroid is 20,000 years, indicating that it occupies a chaotic orbit that will change randomly over time because of gravitational perturbations of the planets. [9]

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