Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
Discovery date | 6 October 1890 |
Designations | |
Named after
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Thor |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 83.21 yr (30393 d) |
Aphelion | 2.58488 AU (386.693 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.28265 AU (341.480 Gm) |
2.43376 AU (364.085 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.062093 |
3.80 yr (1386.8 d) | |
Average orbital speed
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19.09 km/s |
40.9107° | |
0° 15m 34.52s / day | |
Inclination | 1.60383° |
241.531° | |
150.672° | |
Earth MOID | 1.28684 AU (192.509 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.66343 AU (398.443 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.503 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | ±1.5 km 17.06 |
274 h (11.4 d) | |
±0.033 0.1673 | |
11.3 | |
299 Thora is a 17 km Main belt asteroid with a potentially long 274-hour rotation period. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 6, 1890 in Vienna.