166 Rhodope
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | C. H. F. Peters |
| Discovery site | Clinton, New York |
| Discovery date | August 15, 1876 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 166 |
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Named after
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Rhodope |
| Main belt (Adeona) | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch August 27, 2011 | |
| Aphelion | 3.250 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.123 AU |
| 2.687 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2097056 |
| 1609.078 d 4.41 a |
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| 192.02657° | |
| Inclination | 12.02339° |
| 128.95798° | |
| 264.57111° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 54.564[2] km |
| 4.715 h | |
| Albedo | 0.0747 ± 0.0160[2] |
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Spectral type
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GC:[2] (Tholen) |
| 9.750[2] | |
166 Rhodope is a main belt asteroid, a member of the Adeona family of asteroids. It was discovered by the German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on August 15, 1876, in Clinton, New York, and named after Rhodope, the queen in Greek mythology who was turned into a mountain.
166 Rhodope was observed occulting the prominent star Regulus on October 19, 2005, from Vibo Valentia, Italy.[3]
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