697 Galilea
Discovery | |
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Synodic rotation period | 16.538 h (0.6891 d) |
0.0387±0.002 | |
9.63 | |
697 Galilea is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named in honor of Galileo Galilei, as it was discovered just after the 300th anniversary of his discovery of the Galilean moons.
References
- ^ 'Galilaea' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "697 Galilea (1910 JO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
- 697 Galilea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 697 Galilea at the JPL Small-Body Database