Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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590 Tomyris | |
Mpc Name: | (590) Tomyris |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Alt Names: | 1906 TO |
Discovered: | 4 March 1906 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.080570 |
Semimajor: | 2.9979AU |
Perihelion: | 2.7564AU |
Aphelion: | 3.2395abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 5.19 yr (1896.0 d) |
Inclination: | 11.174° |
Asc Node: | 106.157° |
Arg Peri: | 339.791° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Observation Arc: | 110.12 yr (40221 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Abs Magnitude: | 9.90 |
Rotation: | 5.562abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Radius: | km |
590 Tomyris is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its name derives from the Massagetean (ancient Eastern Iranian) ruler Tomyris, and may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1906 TO.