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99 Dike
Main-belt asteroid
Main-belt asteroid
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| minorplanet | yes |
| background | #D6D6D6 |
| name | 99 Dike |
| image | 99Dike (Lightcurve Inversion).png |
| caption | Three-dimensional model of 99 Dike created based on light-curve. |
| discovery_ref | |
| discoverer | Alphonse Borrelly |
| discovered | 28 May 1868 |
| mpc_name | (99) Dike |
| pronounced | |
| adjective | Dikean |
| alt_names | A915 BA; 1935 UC; 1935 YL; 1939 UT; 1948 UE; 1948 WC; 1961 XJ; 1974 VB |
| named_after | Dike |
| mp_category | Main belt |
| orbit_ref | |
| epoch | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| semimajor | 2.66504 AU |
| perihelion | 2.14561 AU |
| aphelion | 3.18448 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.19491 |
| period | 4.35 yr (1589.1 d) |
| inclination | 13.8487° |
| asc_node | 41.5307° |
| arg_peri | 195.413° |
| mean_anomaly | 18.1950° |
| avg_speed | 18.07 km/s |
| dimensions | |
| mass | ~3.9 kg |
| density | 2.0? g/cm3 |
| surface_grav | ~0.0201 m/s2 |
| escape_velocity | ~0.0380 km/s |
| spectral_type | C (Tholen) |
| Xk (Bus) | |
| abs_magnitude | 9.43 |
| albedo | |
| 0.058 | |
| single_temperature | ~172 K |
| rotation | 18.127 h |
| mean_motion | / day |
| observation_arc | 101.25 yr (36980 d) |
| uncertainty | 0 |
| moid | 1.13747 AU |
| jupiter_moid | 1.82393 AU |
| tisserand | 3.316 |
Xk (Bus) 0.058
99 Dike () is a quite large and dark main-belt asteroid. Dike was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on May 28, 1868. It was his first asteroid discovery. This object is named after Dike, the Greek goddess of moral justice. Among the first hundred numbered minor planets, 99 Dike was considered anomalously faint for over a century. However, this was later found to be untrue.
This asteroid is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.35 years and an eccentricity of 0.19. Its orbital plane is inclined by 13.8° to the plane of the ecliptic. The body spans a diameter of 69 km and it is classified as a C-type asteroid, which indicates it has a dark, carbonaceous surface. Based upon a light curve that was generated from photometric observations of this asteroid at Pulkovo Observatory, it has a rotation period of 18.127 ± 0.002 hours and varies in brightness by 0.22 ± 0.02 in magnitude. However, according to Shrindan E. (2009) the rotation period is rather of 10.360 ± 0.001 h.
The asteroid is located near the Juno clump of asteroids, but is most likely unrelated.
References
References
- "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets".
- 'Dice, Dike' in Benjamin Smith (1903) ''The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia''
- "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". [[Lowell Observatory]].
- "99 Dike". [[NASA]]/[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]].
- [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets] {{webarchive. link. (2009-12-17)
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