Back 62 Erato (كويكب) ARZ 62 Erato AST (62) Эрато Byelorussian (62) Èrato Catalan (62) Эрато CE Erato (planetka) Czech (62) Erato German 62 Ερατώ Greek 62 Erato Esperanto (62) Erató Spanish
.png) Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Erato | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Oskar Lesser Wilhelm Julius Foerster |
| Discovery date | 14 September 1860 |
| Designations | |
| (62) Erato | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛrətoʊ/[1] |
Named after | Ἐρατώ Eratō |
| main-belt · (middle) Themis [2] | |
| Adjectives | Eratoian /ɛrəˈtoʊ.iən/ |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 December 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.679 AU (550.4 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.566 AU (383.9 Gm) |
| 3.122 AU (467.0 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| 2,015.178 d (5.52 yr) | |
| 161.828° | |
| Inclination | 2.223° |
| 125.738° | |
| 273.285° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 95.4 km | |
| Mass | ~6.27×1017 kg (calculated) |
Mean density | 1.38 g/cm3 (assumed)[3] |
| 5.675±0.001 h[4] or 9.2213±0.0007 h[5] | |
| 0.061[6] | |
| Ch (SMASSII) BU (Tholen) | |
| 8.76 | |
Erato /ˈɛrətoʊ/ (minor planet designation: 62 Erato) is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 95 kilometers (59 miles) in diameter. Photometric measurements during 2004–2005 showed a rotation period of 9.2213±0.0007 h with an amplitude of 0.116±0.005 in magnitude.[5] It is orbiting the Sun with a period of 5.52 yr, a semimajor axis of 3.122 AU, and eccentricity of 0.178. The orbital plane is inclined by an angle of 2.22° to the plane of the ecliptic.
Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on 14 September 1860, from the Berlin Observatory. It was their first and only asteroid discovery. The name was chosen by Johann Franz Encke, director of the observatory, and refers to Erato, the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology.[7] It has also been classified as an Eoan asteroid.[4]
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