48 Doris

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48 Doris
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Discovery
Discovered by Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt
Discovery date19 September 1857
Designations
(48) Doris
Pronunciation /ˈdɔːrɪs/ [1]
Named after
Doris
Main belt
Adjectives Dorian /ˈdɔːriən/ [2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 December 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion 500.093 Gm (3.343 AU)
Perihelion 430.463 Gm (2.877 AU)
465.278 Gm (3.110 AU)
Eccentricity 0.075
2003.453 d (5.49 a)
336.191°
Inclination 6.554°
183.754°
257.583°
Physical characteristics
Dimensionsc/a = 0.72±0.01 [4]
278 km × 142 km [5]
Mean diameter
215±3 km [4]
221.8±7.5 km (IRAS) [3]
Mass (6.9±2.9)×1018 kg [4]
(12.3±6.0)×1018 kg [lower-alpha 1] [6]
Mean density
1.32±0.55 g/cm3 [4]
2.12±1.07 g/cm3 [7]
11.89 h [3]
0.066 [4]
0.062 [8]
C [3]
6.90 [3]

    Doris (minor planet designation: 48 Doris) is one of the largest main belt asteroids. It was discovered on 19 September 1857 by Hermann Goldschmidt from his balcony in Paris.

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    To find a name for the object, Jacques Babinet of the Academy of Sciences created a shortlist and asked the geologist Élie de Beaumont to make the selection. De Beaumont chose Doris, after an Oceanid in Greek mythology. Since Doris was discovered on the same night as 49 Pales, de Deaumont suggested naming the two "The Twins". [9]

    Physical characteristics

    An occultation on 19 March 1981 suggested a diameter of 219±25 km. [10] Observations of an occultation on 14 October 1999, using four well-placed chords, indicate an ellipsoid of 278×142 km and that 48 Doris is an extremely irregularly shaped object. [5]

    Doris will pass within 0.019  AU of Pallas in June 2132. [11]

    48 Doris is a location in the text-based science fiction game Federation 2.[ citation needed ]

    Notes

    1. (6.1 ± 3.0) × 10−12M

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