230 Athamantis
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A three-dimensional model of 230 Athamantis based on its light curve.
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | K. de Ball |
| Discovery date | 3 September 1882 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (230) Athamantis |
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Named after
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Helle |
| 1949 WG | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 133.58 yr (48791 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.52818 AU (378.210 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.23641 AU (334.562 Gm) |
| 2.38229 AU (356.386 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.061238 |
| 3.68 yr (1343.0 d) | |
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Average orbital speed
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19.3 km/s |
| 116.194° | |
| 0° 16m 4.969s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.44320° |
| 239.900° | |
| 139.121° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.24791 AU (186.685 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.74466 AU (410.595 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.517 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
108.99±2.0 km 110.17 ± 4.57 km |
| Mass | (1.89 ± 0.19) × 1018 kg |
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Mean density
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2.69 ± 0.43 g/cm3 |
| 24.0055 h (1.00023 d) 23.99 h |
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| 0.1708±0.006 | |
| S | |
| 7.35 | |
230 Athamantis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-Austrian astronomer K. de Ball on September 3, 1882, in Bothkamp. It was his only asteroid discovery. The asteroid was named after Athamantis, daughter of Athamas the mythical Greek king of Orchomenus.
Photometric observations of this asteroid gave a light curve with a period of 23.99 hours and a brightness variation of more than 0.20 in magnitude. It has the spectrum of an S-type asteroid.
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