672 Astarte

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672 Astarte
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date21 September 1908
Designations
(672) Astarte
Pronunciation /əˈstɑːrt/ [1]
1908 DY
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 109.04 yr (39826 d)
Aphelion 2.9012  AU (434.01  Gm)
Perihelion 2.2093 AU (330.51 Gm)
2.5553 AU (382.27 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.13538
4.08 yr (1492.0 d)
199.236°
0° 14m 28.644s / day
Inclination 11.125°
343.936°
308.810°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 28.5±1.3 km [3]
32.3±1.0  km [3]
22.572  h (0.9405  d)
11.5

    672 Astarte is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. "672 Astarte (1908 DY)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 Choukroun, A.; Marciniak, A.; Ďurech, J.; Perła, J.; Ogłoza, W.; Szakats, R.; Molnar, L.; Pal, A.; Monteiro, F. (2025). "Asteroid sizes determined with thermophysical model and stellar occultations". arXiv: 2505.09437 [astro-ph.EP].