 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1862 |
| Designations | |
| (75) Eurydike | |
| Pronunciation | /jʊˈrɪdɪkiː/[1] |
Named after | Eurydice |
| Main belt | |
| Adjectives | Eurydikean/ˌjʊərɪdɪˈkiːən/ |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 521.874 Gm (3.489 AU) |
| Perihelion | 278.028 Gm (1.858 AU) |
| 399.951 Gm (2.674AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.305 |
| 1596.687 d (4.37a) | |
Averageorbital speed | 17.79 km/s |
| 26.318° | |
| Inclination | 5.002° |
| 359.481° | |
| 339.566° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 62.377 ± 1.603 km[2] |
| Mass | (4.46 ± 2.06/1.06)×1017 kg[3] |
Meandensity | 3.511 ± 1.618/0.837 g/cm3[3] |
| 5.357 h[2] | |
| 0.149[4] | |
| M[5] | |
| 9.29[2] | |
75 Eurydike is a largemain-beltasteroid. It has anM-type spectrum and a relatively highalbedo and may be rich innickel-iron.[5] Eurydike was discovered by German-American astronomerC. H. F. Peters on September 22, 1862. It was second of his numerous asteroid discoveries and is named afterEurydice, the wife ofOrpheus. The asteroid is orbiting theSun for a period of 4.37 years and completes a rotation about its axis every 5.4 hours.
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