 Lightcurve-base 3D-model of 175 Andromache. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. C. Watson |
| Discovery date | 1 October 1877 |
| Designations | |
| (175) Andromache | |
| Pronunciation | /ænˈdrɒməkiː/[1] |
Named after | Andromache |
| A877 TA; 1893 KA; 1895 XB; 1946 MB; 1946 OD | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 138.18 yr (50472 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.9264 AU (587.38 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.4442 AU (365.65 Gm) |
| 3.1853 AU (476.51 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.23267 |
| 5.69yr (2076.5d) | |
| 35.697° | |
| 0° 10m 24.132s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.2184° |
| 21.353° | |
| 320.41° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.43641 AU (214.884 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.4787 AU (221.21 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.153 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 50.585±3.5km[citation needed] | |
| 8.324 h (0.3468 d) | |
| 0.0819±0.013[citation needed] | |
| C | |
| 8.06[3] 8.31[2] | |
175 Andromache is amain-beltasteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomerJ. C. Watson on October 1, 1877, and named afterAndromache, wife ofHector during theTrojan War. Watson's telegram to Europe announcing the discovery became lost, and so notification did not arrive until several weeks later. As a result, another minor planet, later designated176 Iduna, was initially assigned the number 175.[4]
The initialorbital elements for 175 Andromache proved unreliable, and it was only in 1893 that an accurate ephemeris was produced. Because the orbital period is fairly close to being double that of the giant planetJupiter, 175 Andromache initially became of interest in the study ofgravitational perturbations.[4][5]
Based upon its spectrum, this is classified as aC-type asteroid.[6] It has a diameter estimated in the range 101–107 km with a roughly circular shape. The size ratio between the major and minor axes is 1.09 ± 0.09, as determined from theW. M. Keck Observatory. An earlier result published in 2000 gave a larger size ratio of 1.20.[7]
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