35 Leukothea
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. Luther |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1855 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Leucothea |
| 1948 DC; 1950 RS1; 1976 WH | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| 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 |
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Average orbital speed
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17.00 km/s |
| 77.469° | |
| Inclination | 7.938° |
| 353.817° | |
| 213.962° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 103.1 km |
| ~0.0545 km/s | |
| 31.900[2] h | |
| Albedo | 0.066[3] |
| Temperature | ~162 K |
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Spectral type
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C |
| 8.5 | |
35 Leukothea (/ljuːˈkɒθiə/ lew-KOTH-ee-ə, Greek: Λευκοθέα) is a large, dark asteroid from the asteroid belt It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther on April 19, 1855,[4] and named after Leukothea, a sea goddess in Greek mythology. 35 Leukothea is a C-type asteroid in the Tholen classification system.[1]
Photometric observations of this asteroid from the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a light curve with a 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.[2]
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.[5]
References
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