179 Klytaemnestra
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Orbital characteristics 1 | |
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Orbit type | Main belt |
Semimajor axis | 2.971 AU |
Perihelion distance | 2.628 AU |
Aphelion distance | 3.313 AU |
Orbital period | 5.12 years |
Inclination | 7.82° |
Eccentricity | 0.115 |
Physical characteristics 1 | |
Diameter | 77.7 km |
Rotation period | 11.173 hours |
Spectral class | S |
Abs. magnitude | 8.15 |
Albedo 4 | 0.161 |
History 2 | |
Discoverer | J. C. Watson, 1877 |
179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly big Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.
It was found by J. C. Watson on November 11, 1877. It was the last of the 22 asteroids he found. It is named after Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon in Greek mythology.
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178 Belisana | 179 Klytaemnestra | 180 Garumna
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