27 Euterpe

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27 Euterpe
U–B = 0.502[1]
7.00[1][4][7][9][11] · 7.01±0.02[15]
0.13" to 0.035"

Euterpe,

Muse of music in Greek mythology.[3][22]

Euterpe is one of the

opposition on 25 December 2015 when the asteroid was about 1 AU from Earth.[24] At the end of November 2022 it passed about 1.5 degrees from Uranus while in the constellation of Aries.[25] Based on the S-type spectra the composition appears stony. It has a cross-section size of around 100–120 km. 27 Euterpe is orbiting the Sun
with a period of 3.59 years and is spinning on its axis once every 10.4 hours.

It is the

410), a stony inner-belt asteroid family of nearly 400 known members.[5][26]: 23  Euterpe has been studied by radar.[27]

Notes

  1. ^ Lightcurve plot of 27 Euterpe, R. D. Stephens (lead) and B. D. Warner at the Palmer Divide Observatory (2000): rotation period 10.410±0.002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.21±0.01 mag. Summary figures at the LCDB

References

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  22. ^ "27 Euterpe". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Bright Minor Planets 2004". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  24. ^ "Horizons Online Ephemeris System for December 2015". California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  25. ^ "Finder chart for 27 with Uranus". In-the-Sky.org (Guides to the night sky). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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  27. ^ "Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

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