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35 Leukothea
Main-belt asteroid
Main-belt asteroid
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| image | 35Leukothea (Lightcurve Inversion).png | |
| caption | Three-dimensional model of 35 Leukothea created based on light-curve | |
| background | #D6D6D6 | |
| name | 35 Leukothea | |
| symbol | [[Image:Leukothea symbol (bold).svg | 24px]] (historical) |
| discoverer | R. Luther | |
| discovered | 19 April 1855 | |
| mpc_name | (35) Leukothea | |
| alt_names | 1948 DC; ; 1976 WH | |
| pronounced | ||
| adjective | Leukothean | |
| named_after | Λευκοθέα Leykothea | |
| mp_category | Main belt | |
| orbit_ref | ||
| epoch | 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) | |
| semimajor | 3.006 AU | |
| perihelion | 2.353 AU | |
| aphelion | 3.659 AU | |
| eccentricity | 0.217 | |
| period | 5.211 yr (1903.34 d) | |
| inclination | 7.866° | |
| asc_node | 352.910° | |
| arg_peri | 215.440° | |
| mean_anomaly | 309.117° | |
| jupiter_moid | 1.357 AU | |
| tisserand | 3.201 | |
| avg_speed | 17.00 km/s | |
| mean_diameter | 103.05 ± 1.2 km | |
| mass | (1.014 ± 0.491/0.321) kg | |
| density | 1.769 ± 0.857/0.56 g/cm3 | |
| escape_velocity | ~ km/s | |
| rotation | 31.900 h | |
| spectral_type | C | |
| abs_magnitude | 8.5 | |
| albedo | 0.066 | |
| single_temperature | ~162 K |
35 Leukothea is a large, dark asteroid from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther on 19 April 1855, and named after Leukothea, a sea goddess in Greek mythology. Its historical symbol was a pharos (ancient lighthouse); it was encoded in Unicode 17.0 as U+1CED0 ([[File:Leukothea symbol (fixed width).svg|12px]]).{{cite web | access-date = September 9, 2025 | url-status = live
Leukothea is a C-type asteroid in the Tholen classification system, suggesting a carbonaceous composition. It is orbiting the Sun with a period of 1887.983 day and has a cross-sectional size of 103.1 km.
Photometric observations of this asteroid from the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a light curve with a rotation period of hours and a brightness variability of in magnitude. This is consistent with previous studies in 1990 and 2008.
The computed Lyapunov time for this asteroid is 20,000 years, indicating that it occupies a chaotic orbit that will change randomly over time because of gravitational perturbations of the planets.
References
References
- {{dict.com. Leukothea
- (18 September 2023). "Unicode request for historical asteroid symbols". Unicode.
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