Minorplanet: | yes |
287 Nephthys | |
Background: |
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Discovered: | 25 August 1889 |
Mpc Name: | (287) Nephthys |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Alt Names: | A889 PB |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 2.3531AU |
Perihelion: | 2.29814AU |
Time Periastron: | 2022-Jul-13 |
Aphelion: | 2.408abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.023344 |
Period: | 3.61 yr (1318.4 d) |
Inclination: | 10.034° |
Asc Node: | 142.381° |
Arg Peri: | 121.02° |
Rotation: | 7.605abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 8.30, 8.26 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Observation Arc: | 119.35 yr (43594 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
287 Nephthys is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on August 25, 1889, in Clinton, New York and named after the goddess, Nephthys in Egyptian mythology. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.