697 Galilea
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | J. Helffrich |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 14 February 1910 |
Designations | |
1910 JO | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 106.00 yr (38717 d) |
Aphelion | 3.3305 AU (498.24 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.4292 AU (363.40 Gm) |
2.8799 AU (430.83 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.15648 |
4.89 yr (1785.1 d) | |
62.6388° | |
0° 12m 6.012s / day | |
Inclination | 15.143° |
15.542° | |
333.222° | |
Earth MOID | 1.433 AU (214.4 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.1353 AU (319.44 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.225 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | ±0.85 40.07km |
16.538 h (0.6891 d) | |
±0.002 0.0387 | |
9.63 | |
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697 Galilea is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named in honor of Galileo Galilei, as it was discovered just after the 300th anniversary of his discovery of the Galilean moons.
References
- ↑ "697 Galilea (1910 JO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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