570 Kythera Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
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.

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Notes and References

  1. 'Cythera' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Web site: 570 Kythera (1905 QX) . . . 5 May 2016.