Asteroid 74 Galatea
Named after Galatea ("she who is milk-white"), a sea-nymph and one of the fifty Sirens in Greek mythology.
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| Classification | Main-belt Asteroid |
Osculating Orbital Elements
| Epoch | 2449313,5 |
| Semi major axis | 2,7776 AU |
| Period [Julian yrs] | 4,629 Julian years |
| Inclination | 4,062 ° |
| Eccentricity | 0,2391 |
| Lon. of ascending node | 197,728 ° |
| Argument of perihelion | 173,613 ° |
| Passage of perihelion | 1992-Aug-09.528673 |
| Aphelion distance | 3,4417 AU |
| Mean anomaly | 99,956 ° |
Physical Data
| Radius | 59,36 km |
| Rotation period | 8,629 days |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8,4488 |
| Magnitude Slope (G) | 0,15 |
| Color index (B-V) | 0,686 |
| Geometric albedo | 0,0431 |
| Spectral class | C |
Discovery Circumstances
| Discoverer | Ernst Wilhelm Tempel |
| Discovered | 1862-08-29 |
Data File
| Data File Name | 74_Galatea.aed |
| Data File Date | 2006-07-19 |
| Data File Size | 2714 kB |
| Covered Period | 1800,00 - 2100,00 |
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