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166 Rhodope
Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Orbit type Main belt (Adeona)
Semimajor axis 2.685 AU
Perihelion distance 2.115 AU
Aphelion distance 3.256 AU
Orbital period 4.40 years
Inclination 12.01°
Eccentricity 0.213
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Diameter 4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) 59.9 km
Rotation period 7.87 hours
Spectral class 4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) GC:
Abs. magnitude 9.89
Albedo 4 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) 0.054
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer C. H. F. Peters, 1876


166 Rhodope is a very dark main belt asteroid and a member of the Adeona family of asteroids.


It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 15, 1876 and named after Rhodope, the queen in Greek mythology who was turned into a mountain.



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Rhodope - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (101 words)
In Greek mythology, Queen Rhodope of Thrace was the wife of Haemus.
Haemus was vain and haughty and compared himself and Rhodope to Zeus and Hera, who were offended and changed the couple into mountains (the Balkan mountains and Rhodope mountains, respectively).
The Rhodope mountains are in Greece and Bulgaria.
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