270 Anahita
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. H. F. Peters |
| Discovery date | 8 October 1887 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Anahita |
| 1926 VG | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 118.40 yr (43246 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.5290 AU (378.33 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8692 AU (279.63 Gm) |
| 2.1991 AU (328.98 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.15003 |
| 3.26 yr (1191.2 d) | |
|
Average orbital speed
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20.09 km/s |
| 219.26° | |
| 0° 18m 8.028s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.3667° |
| 254.390° | |
| 80.490° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.860249 AU (128.6914 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.80609 AU (419.785 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.651 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
50.78±2.0 km 50.78 km |
| 15.06 h (0.628 d) | |
| 0.2166±0.018 | |
| S | |
| 8.75 | |
270 Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8, 1887 in Clinton, New York, and was named after the Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita.
In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.92 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 47 ± 7 km.
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