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Asteroid 88 Thisbe


Named after Thisbe, heroine of a Roman fable.

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ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2450914,5
Semi major axis2,7696 AU
Period [Julian yrs]4,609 Julian years
Inclination5,222 °
Eccentricity0,1618
Lon. of ascending node276,921 °
Argument of perihelion34,976 °
Passage of perihelion2000-Apr-01.505509
Aphelion distance3,2177 AU
Mean anomaly205,715 °

Physical Data
Radius116,00 km
Rotation period6,0413 days
Absolute magnitude (H)7,0482
Magnitude Slope (G)0,14
Color index (B-V)0,681
Geometric albedo0,0671
Spectral classB

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Discovered1866-06-15

Data File
Data File Name88_Thisbe.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00