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496 Gryphia

496 Gryphia
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 25 October 1902
Designations
MPC designation (496) Gryphia
1902 KH; 1931 TB;
1931 TN2; 1933 FQ;
1936 CB; 1951 WS2
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 112.79 yr (41198 d)
Aphelion 2.3726 AU (354.94 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0255 AU (303.01 Gm)
2.1990 AU (328.97 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.078917
3.26 yr (1191.1 d)
267.309°
0° 18m 8.064s / day
Inclination 3.7916°
207.608°
258.567°
Earth MOID 1.04478 AU (156.297 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.71225 AU (405.747 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.659
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
7.735±0.55 km
18.0 h (0.75 d)
0.1676±0.027
11.61

496 Gryphia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168.



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