- Source: 196 Philomela
196 Philomela is a large and bright main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 14, 1879, in Clinton, New York and named after Philomela, the woman who became a nightingale in Greek mythology.
In the late 1990s, a network of astronomers worldwide gathered light curve data that was ultimately used to derive the spin states and shape models of 10 new asteroids, including 196 Philomela. The shape model for this asteroid is described as asymmetrical and smooth, while the light curve varies by up to 0.4 in magnitude.
To date there have been two reported Philomelian stellar occultations.
References
External links
196 Philomela at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
196 Philomela at the JPL Small-Body Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar planet minor/101–200
- Daftar planet minor: 1–1000
- 196 Philomela
- Philomela
- Philomela (disambiguation)
- 196 (disambiguation)
- 195 Eurykleia
- Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
- List of minor planets: 1–1000
- 197 Arete
- List of named minor planets: 1–999
