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88 Thisbe
| Orbital characteristics 1
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| Orbit type | Main belt
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| Semimajor axis | 2.768 AU
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| Perihelion distance | 2.313 AU
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| Aphelion distance | 3.222 AU
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| Orbital period | 4.60 years
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| Inclination | 5.22°
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| Eccentricity | 0.164
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| Physical characteristics 1
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| Diameter | 200.6 km
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| Rotation period 3 | 6.041 hours
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| Abs. magnitude 1 | 7.04
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| AlbedoNote: This article discusses the physical or planetological property of albedo. For other usage, see Albedo (disambiguation). The albedo is a measure of reflectivity of a surface or body. It is the ratio of electromagnetic radiation reflected to the amoun 4 | 0.067
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| History 2
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| Discoverer | C. H. F. PetersChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ( September 19, 1813 July 18, 1890) was an American astronomer, and one of the first to discover asteroids. Not to be confused with the German astronomer Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806 1880). He was born in Sch, 18661866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January 6 Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon Turks are defeated January 12 Royal Aeronautical Society is formed ( London) January 28 800 Maronite troops clash
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88 Thisbe is one of the largest main belt asteroidsAn asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid , which are much smaller than planets. The asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were no.
It was discovered by C. H. F. PetersChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ( September 19, 1813 July 18, 1890) was an American astronomer, and one of the first to discover asteroids. Not to be confused with the German astronomer Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806 1880). He was born in Sch on June 15June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. Events 763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 923 Battle of Soissons: King Rob, 1866 and named after Thisbe, heroine of a Roman fable.
An occultation of a star by Thisbe was observed on October 7, 1981. Results from the occultation indicate a larger than expected diameter of 232 km. [1]
Main Belt asteroids
