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101 Helena
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered byJames Craig Watson
Discovery date15 August 1868
Designations

MPC designation

(101) Helena
Pronunciation/ˈhɛlənə/[1]

Named after

Helen of Troy

Alternative designations

A868 PA

Minor planet category

Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc145.07 yr (52986 d)
Aphelion2.94606 AU (440.724 Gm)
Perihelion2.22353 AU (332.635 Gm)

Semi-major axis

2.58480 AU (386.681 Gm)
Eccentricity0.13977

Orbital period (sidereal)

4.16 yr (1517.9 d)

Average orbital speed

18.44 km/s

Mean anomaly

236.265°

Mean motion

0° 14m 13.823s / day
Inclination10.1976°

Longitude of ascending node

343.419°

Argument of perihelion

348.030°
Earth MOID1.21369 AU (181.565 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.4117 AU (360.79 Gm)
TJupiter3.387
Physical characteristics
Dimensions65.84±1.3 km[2]
Mass3.0×1017kg

Mean density

2.0 g/cm3

Equatorial surface gravity

0.0184 m/s2

Equatorial escape velocity

0.0348 km/s

Synodic rotation period

23.080 h (0.9617 d)[2]

Geometric albedo

0.1898±0.008[2]
Temperature~173 K

Spectral type

S[3]

Absolute magnitude (H)

8.33

Helena (minor planet designation: 101 Helena) is a large, rocky main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on August 15, 1868,[4] and was named after Helen of TroyinGreek mythology.

This object is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.16 years and an eccentricity of 0.14. Its orbital planeisinclined by 10.2° to the plane of the ecliptic. Radar observations were made of this object on Oct 7 and 19, 2001 from the Arecibo Observatory. Analysis of the data gave an estimated ellipsoidal diameter of 71×63×63 ± 16% km. The mean diameter estimated from IRAS infrared measurements is 66 km, in agreement with the radar findings. It is classified as an S-type asteroid in the Tholen system,[3][5] suggesting a predominantly silicate composition. 101 Helena is spinning on its axis with a period of 23 hours.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  • ^ a b c d e Yeomans, Donald K., "101 Helena", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, archived from the original on 24 September 2014, retrieved 12 May 2016.
  • ^ a b DeMeo, Francesca E.; et al. (2011), "An extension of the Bus asteroid taxonomy into the near-infrared" (PDF), Icarus, 202 (1): 160–180, Bibcode:2009Icar..202..160D, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.005, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014, retrieved 22 March 2013. See appendix A.
  • ^ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
  • ^ Magri, Christopher; Nolan, Michael C.; Ostro, Steven J.; Giorgini, Jon D. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003", Icarus, vol. 186, no. 1, pp. 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018.
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