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69 Hesperia
Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.980 AU
Perihelion distance 2.489 AU
Aphelion distance 3.471 AU
Orbital period 5.14 years
Inclination 8.59°
Eccentricity 0.165
Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Diameter 138.1 km
Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) 5.655 hours
Spectral class M
Abs. magnitude 7.05
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) 0.140
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer G. Schiaparelli, 1861


69 Hesperia is a large, metal-rich main belt asteroid.


Hesperia was discovered by the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli on April 26, 1861. It was his only asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the Hesperides in Greek mythology.






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