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407 Arachne

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407 Arachne
Discovery
Modelled shape ofArachne from itslightcurve
Discovered by	Max Wolf
Discovery date	13 October 1895
Designations
MPC designation	(407) Arachne
Pronunciation	/əˈrækniː/^[1]
Named after	Arachne^[2]
Alternative designations	1895 CC
Minor planet category	Main belt
Adjectives	Arachnean/ærəkˈniːən/^[3]
Orbital characteristics^[4]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	116.62 yr (42596 d)
Aphelion	2.80706 AU (419.930 Gm)
Perihelion	2.44624 AU (365.952 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.62665 AU (392.941 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.068685
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.26yr (1554.9d)
Mean anomaly	155.411°
Mean motion	0° 13^m 53.497^s / day
Inclination	7.52045°
Longitude of ascending node	294.698°
Argument of perihelion	81.6776°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	95.07±5.4 km
Synodic rotation period	22.62 h (0.943 d)^[4]
Geometric albedo	0.0548±0.007^[4]
Spectral type	C^[4]
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.88^[4]

407 Arachne is a largeMain belt asteroid. It is classified as aC-type asteroid and is probably composed ofcarbonaceous material. It was discovered on 13 October 1895, by German astronomerMax Wolf atHeidelberg Observatory.^[4]

407 Arachne has been observed tooccult 9 stars between 2002 and 2023.

^Noah Webster (1884)A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(407) Arachne".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (407) Arachne. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 48.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_408.ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^"arachnean".Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription orparticipating institution membership required.)
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f"407 Arachne (1895 CC)".JPL Small-Body Database.NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved10 May 2016.

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