567 Eleutheria

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567 Eleutheria
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Shape of Eleutheria from modeled lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered by Paul Götz
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date28 May 1905
Designations
(567) Eleutheria
Pronunciation /ɛljˈθɪəriə/ [1]
1905 QP
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 110.89 yr (40504 d)
Aphelion 3.4182  AU (511.36  Gm)
Perihelion 2.8471 AU (425.92 Gm)
3.1327 AU (468.65 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.091156
5.54 yr (2025.2 d)
61.183°
0° 10m 39.936s / day
Inclination 9.2562°
58.278°
133.321°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
46.705±1.1 km
7.717  h (0.3215  d)
0.0439±0.002
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    Eleutheria (minor planet designation: 567 Eleutheria) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2010 showed a rotation period of 7.718±0.001 h with a brightness variation of 0.34±0.02 in magnitude. [3]

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    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. "567 Eleutheria (1905 QP)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    3. Pilcher, Frederick (October 2010), "Rotation Period Determinations for 80 Sappho, 145 Adeona, 217 Eudora, 274 Philagoria, 567 Eleutheria, and 826 Henrika", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 37 (4): 148–149, Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..148P.