496 Gryphia

Gryphia (minor planet designation: 496 Gryphia) is an S-type asteroid[3] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168.[4]

496 Gryphia
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date25 October 1902
Designations
(496) Gryphia
Pronunciation/ˈɡrɪfiə/[1]
1902 KH; 1931 TB;
1931 TN2; 1933 FQ;
1936 CB; 1951 WS2
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.79 yr (41198 d)
Aphelion2.3726 AU (354.94 Gm)
Perihelion2.0255 AU (303.01 Gm)
2.1990 AU (328.97 Gm)
Eccentricity0.078917
3.26 yr (1191.1 d)
267.309°
0° 18m 8.064s / day
Inclination3.7916°
207.608°
258.567°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
7.735±0.55 km
18.0 h (0.75 d)
0.1676±0.027
11.61

    This object has a very low rate of spin, requiring 44.67 days (1,072 h) to complete a full rotation.[5]

    References

    1. "Gryphius". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
    2. "496 Gryphia (1902 KH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
    3. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/taxonomy.html Archived March 10, 2007, at Archive.today
    4. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/imps.html Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite
    5. Pilcher, Frederick; et al. (July 2017). "299 Thora and 496 Gryphia: Two More Very Slowly Rotating Asteroids". Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers. 44 (3): 270–274. Bibcode:2017MPBu...44..270P.


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