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Asteroid 99 Dike


Named after Dike, the Greek goddess of moral justice.

This file is not available for download, but provided by the Alcyone Ephemeris Small Body Data File DVD.

ClassificationMain-belt Asteroid

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2448711,5
Semi major axis2,6609 AU
Period [Julian yrs]4,341 Julian years
Inclination13,907 °
Eccentricity0,1999
Lon. of ascending node41,890 °
Argument of perihelion194,925 °
Passage of perihelion1990-Apr-12.439569
Aphelion distance3,1927 AU
Mean anomaly162,939 °

Physical Data
Radius34,52 km
Rotation period10,35 days
Absolute magnitude (H)9,3043
Magnitude Slope (G)0,15
Color index (B-V)0,703
Geometric albedo0,0627
Spectral classXk

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererAlphonse Borrelly
Discovered1868-05-28

Data File
Data File Name99_Dike.aed
Data File Date2006-12-22
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00