| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Background: |
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| 496 Gryphia | |
| Mpc Name: | (496) Gryphia |
| Alt Names: | 1902 KH; 1931 TB; 1931 TN2; 1933 FQ; 1936 CB; 1951 WS2 |
| Discovered: | 25 October 1902 |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.078917 |
| Semimajor: | 2.199AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.0255AU |
| Aphelion: | 2.3726abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Period: | 3.26 yr (1191.1 d) |
| Inclination: | 3.7916° |
| Asc Node: | 207.608° |
| Arg Peri: | 258.567° |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Orbit Ref: | [1] |
| Observation Arc: | 112.79 yr (41198 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Abs Magnitude: | 11.61 |
| Rotation: | 18abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Mean Radius: | km |
496 Gryphia is an S-type asteroid[2] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168.[3]
This object has a very low rate of spin, requiring 10722NaN2 to complete a full rotation.