Discovery | |
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Discovered by | C. H. F. Peters |
Discovery date | 25 August 1889 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (287) Nephthys |
Named after
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Nephthys |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 119.35 yr (43594 d) |
Aphelion | 2.4080 AU (360.23 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.29814 AU (343.797 Gm) |
2.3531 AU (352.02 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.023344 |
3.61 yr (1318.4 d) | |
Average orbital speed
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19.42 km/s |
125.74° | |
0° 16m 23.016s / day | |
Inclination | 10.034° |
142.381° | |
121.02° | |
Earth MOID | 1.29505 AU (193.737 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.61483 AU (391.173 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.535 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | ±1.4 km 67.60 |
7.605 h (0.3169 d) | |
±0.008 0.1851 | |
S | |
8.30, 8.26 | |
287 Nephthys is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on August 25, 1889, in Clinton, New York and named after Nephthys in Egyptian mythology. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.