81 Terpsichore
Synodic rotation period | 10.943 hr | |
| 0.051 [3] | ||
| C | ||
| 8.48 | ||
Terpsichore (
Muse of dance in Greek mythology
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rotation period of 10.945±0.001 h with an amplitude of 0.09±0.01 in magnitude. This result is consistent with previous determinations.[5] Two stellar occultation events involving this asteroid were observed from multiple sites in 2009. The resulting chords matched a smooth elliptical cross-section with dimensions of 134.0±4.0 km × 108.9±0.7 km.[6]
In popular culture
A space station orbiting 81 Terpsichore is the main setting in the science fiction story The Dark Colony (Asteroid Police Book 1) by Richard Penn.
References
- ^ a b "Terpsichore". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ . See Table 1.
- ^ Asteroid Data Sets Archived 2009-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Bibcode:1864MNRAS..25...31T.
- Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..156P.
- Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..140T.
External links
- 81 Terpsichore at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 81 Terpsichore at the JPL Small-Body Database
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