Asteroid orbiting the Sun in the main belt of asteroids
273 Atropos
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by
Johann Palisa
Discovery date
8 March 1888
Designations
MPC designation
(273) Atropos
Pronunciation
/ˈætrəpɒs/[1]
Named after
Atropos
Alternative designations
A888 EA, 1910 CC
Minor planet category
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc
105.94 yr (38695 d)
Aphelion
2.7792 AU (415.76 Gm)
Perihelion
2.01097 AU (300.837 Gm)
Semi-major axis
2.39507 AU (358.297 Gm)
Eccentricity
0.16037
Orbital period (sidereal)
3.71 yr (1353.9 d)
Mean anomaly
127.80°
Mean motion
0° 15m 57.276s / day
Inclination
20.454°
Longitude of ascending node
158.957°
Argument of perihelion
121.16°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
29.27±1.3 km
Synodic rotation period
23.924 h (0.9968 d)[2] 23.852 h[3]
Geometric albedo
0.1624±0.015
Absolute magnitude (H)
10.26
Atropos (minor planet designation: 273 Atropos) is a typical Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 8 March 1888 in Vienna.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 23.852 ± 0.003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.60 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[3]
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