Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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570 Kythera | |
Mpc Name: | (570) Kythera |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Alt Names: | 1905 QX |
Discovered: | 30 July 1905 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.12071 |
Semimajor: | 3.4233AU |
Perihelion: | 3.0101AU |
Aphelion: | 3.8365abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 6.33 yr (2313.5 d) |
Inclination: | 1.7870° |
Asc Node: | 223.762° |
Arg Peri: | 156.205° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Observation Arc: | 110.72 yr (40440 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Abs Magnitude: | 8.81 |
Rotation: | 8.12abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Radius: | km |
570 Kythera is a large, main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1905 by German astronomer M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg, and was named after the Greek island of Kythira that is associated with Aphrodite. The object is a member of the Cybele asteroid group.