179 Klytaemnestra
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. C. Watson |
| Discovery date | November 11, 1877 |
| Designations | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Aphelion | 3.313 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.628 AU |
| 2.971 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| 5.12 years | |
| Inclination | 7.82° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 75.02 ± 3.21[2] km |
| Mass | (2.49 ± 1.19) × 1017[2] kg |
|
Mean density
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1.12 ± 0.55[2] g/cm3 |
| 11.173 hours | |
| Albedo | 0.161 |
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Spectral type
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S |
| 8.15 | |
179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on November 11, 1877.[3] It was the last of his 22 asteroid discoveries,[4] and was named after Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon in Greek mythology. This is classified as a stony S-type asteroid, based upon its spectrum.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 11.13 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.55 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[5]
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