Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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299 Thora | |
Discovered: | 6 October 1890 |
Mpc Name: | (299) Thora |
Alt Names: | A890 TA, 1935 PC 1939 PK |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 2.43376AU |
Perihelion: | 2.28265AU |
Aphelion: | 2.58488AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.062093 |
Period: | 1386.8days |
Inclination: | 1.60383° |
Asc Node: | 241.531° |
Arg Peri: | 150.672° |
Rotation: | 274abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 11.3 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Observation Arc: | 83.21 yr (30393 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
299 Thora is a 17 km Main belt asteroid with a potentially long 274-hour rotation period. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 6 October 1890 in Vienna.
This object has a very low rate of spin, requiring 272.9± to complete a full rotation.