Minorplanet: | yes |
587 Hypsipyle | |
Background: |
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Discovery Ref: |   |
Discovered: | 22 February 1906 |
Mpc Name: | (587) Hypsipyle |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Alt Names: | 1906 TF1931 CH |
Named After: | Hypsipyle |
Mp Category: | main-belt  Phocaea  |
Orbit Ref: |   |
Epoch: | 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Observation Arc: | 111.10 yr (40,578 days) |
Perihelion: | 1.9442 AU |
Semimajor: | 2.3348 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.1673 |
Period: | 3.57 yr (1,303 days) |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 24.993° |
Asc Node: | 324.58° |
Arg Peri: | 188.53° |
Dimensions: | km km km km 12.99 km km |
Rotation: | h h h |
Albedo: | |
Spectral Type: | S  |
Abs Magnitude: | 11.1211.912.7012.19 |
587 Hypsipyle, provisional designation, is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 February 1906, by Germany astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.
The asteroid was named after the Queen Hypsipyle from Greek mythology and is one of the principal members of the Phocaea family.