Main-belt asteroid
104 Klymene is a large, darkThemistian asteroid that was discovered byJ. C. Watson on September 13, 1868, and named after one of the manyClymenes inGreek mythology .[ 6] It is orbiting theSun with aperiod of 5.60 years and aneccentricity of 0.16. Theorbital plane isinclined by 2.8° to theplane of the ecliptic . It is classified as aC-type asteroid , indicating it probably has acarbonaceous composition. The spectra indicates the presence of aqueous-altered minerals on the surface[ 7] based upon a sharp feature at a wavelength of 3 μm, and, as of 2015, is the only member of the Themis family found to show this absorption.[ 8]
Based upon measurements made usingadaptive optics at theW. M. Keck Observatory , this object may have a bi-lobed shape with a length of 163 ± 3 km and width of 103 ± 5 km, for an average dimension of 133 km.[ 4] This asteroid is located near the region of theThemis family but itself considered abackground asteroid usingHCM-analysis .[ 9] It is listed as a member of the Hecuba group of asteroids that orbit near the 2:1mean-motion resonance withJupiter .[ 10]
104 Klymene has been observed tooccult 6 stars between 2009 and 2023.
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