Thora (minor planet designation: 299 Thora) is a 17 km Main belt asteroid with a potentially long 274-hour rotation period.[1] It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 6 October 1890 in Vienna.
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 6 October 1890 |
| Designations | |
| (299) Thora | |
Named after | Thor |
| A890 TA, 1935 PC 1939 PK | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 83.21 yr (30393 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.58 AU (386.69 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.28 AU (341.48 Gm) |
| 2.43 AU (364.09 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.062093 |
| 3.80 yr (1,386.8 d) | |
| 40.9107° | |
| 0° 15m 34.52s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.60383° |
| 241.531° | |
| 150.672° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.06±1.5 km[1] |
| 274 h (11.4 d)[1] | |
| 0.1673±0.033[1] | |
| 11.3[1] | |
This object has a very low rate of spin, requiring 11.37 ± 0.04 days (272.9 ± 0.9 h) to complete a full rotation.[2]
References
External links
- 299 Thora at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 299 Thora at the JPL Small-Body Database
