342 Endymion

342 Endymion
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery date 17 October 1892
Designations
Named after
Endymion
1892 K
Main belt, bower family
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 115.38 yr (42141 d)
Aphelion 2.89687 AU (433.366 Gm)
Perihelion 2.24079 AU (335.217 Gm)
2.56883 AU (384.291 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.12770
4.12 yr (1503.8 d)
18.58 km/s
335.858°
 14m 21.793s / day
Inclination 7.34850°
232.690°
224.708°
Earth MOID 1.26259 AU (188.881 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.3116 AU (345.81 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.408
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 60.63±2.8 km
Mass unknown
Mean density
unknown
Equatorial surface gravity
unknown
Equatorial escape velocity
unknown
6.319 h (0.2633 d)
0.0393±0.004
Temperature unknown
unknown
10.22

    342 Endymion is a large Main belt asteroid.[1] It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 17, 1892 in Heidelberg.

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