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Asteroid 74 Galatea


Named after Galatea ("she who is milk-white"), a sea-nymph and one of the fifty Sirens in Greek mythology.

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ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2449313,5
Semi major axis2,7776 AU
Period [Julian yrs]4,629 Julian years
Inclination4,062 °
Eccentricity0,2391
Lon. of ascending node197,728 °
Argument of perihelion173,613 °
Passage of perihelion1992-Aug-09.528673
Aphelion distance3,4417 AU
Mean anomaly99,956 °

Physical Data
Radius59,36 km
Rotation period8,629 days
Absolute magnitude (H)8,4488
Magnitude Slope (G)0,15
Color index (B-V)0,686
Geometric albedo0,0431
Spectral classC

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererErnst Wilhelm Tempel
Discovered1862-08-29

Data File
Data File Name74_Galatea.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00