496 Gryphia
Main-belt asteroid
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]
This object has a very low rate of spin, requiring 44.67 days (1,072 h) to complete a full rotation.[5]
References
- ^ "Gryphius". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.
- ^ "496 Gryphia (1902 KH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/taxonomy.html Archived March 10, 2007, at archive.today
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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.
External links
- 496 Gryphia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
- 496 Gryphia at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
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