307 Nike

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307 Nike
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery site Nice
Discovery date March 5, 1891
Designations
Named after
 Nike
1957 LM
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Aphelion 3.3238 AU (497.23 Gm)
Perihelion 2.4937 AU (373.05 Gm)
2.9087 AU (435.14 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1427
1811.9985 d (4.96 yr)
17.46 km/s
90.7048°
Inclination 6.1256°
100.999°
325.038°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 54.96 km (34.15 mi)
7.902 ± 0.005 h[2]
Albedo 0.0524
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin[3] 151 K 161 K 174 K
Celsius -122°C -112°C -99°C
Fahrenheit -187.6°F -169.6°F -146.2°F
Spectral type
 C
10.12

307 Nike is a sizeable asteroid of the main belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 5, 1891 in Nice. Charlois named it after the Greek goddess of victory, as well as the Greek name for the city where it was discovered.[4] Measurement of the light curve of this asteroid in 2000 indicates a rotation period of 7.902 ± 0.005 hours.[2]

On December 2, 1972, Pioneer 10 made one of its nearest passages of an asteroid when it passed 307 Nike at a distance of about 8.8 million kilometers (0.059 AU) during the spacecraft's pioneering trip through the asteroid belt.[5][clarification needed Was any data collected?]

References

  1. ↑ 307 Nike at the JPL Small-Body Database
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