55 Pandora

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name=55 Pandora
discoverer=George Mary Searle
discovered=September 10, 1858
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=412.635 Gm (2.758 AU)
perihelion=352.887 Gm (2.359 AU)
aphelion=472.382 Gm (3.158 AU)
eccentricity=0.145
period=1673.243 d (4.58 a)
inclination=7.185°
asc_node=10.537°
arg_peri=4.231°
mean_anomaly=114.993°
avg_speed=17.84 km/s
dimensions=66.7 km
mass=3.1e|17 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0186 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0353 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=E
abs_magnitude=7.8
albedo=0.301 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~168 K

55 Pandora is an extremely large and very bright Main belt asteroid. Pandora was discovered by G. Searle on September 10, 1858. It was his first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after Pandora, the first woman in Greek mythology. Not to be confused with Saturn's moon Pandora.

Recent analysis has identified it as the second-largest of the E-type asteroids, after 44 Nysa.

ee also

* Aubrite
* 3103 Eger
* 44 Nysa
* 2867 Šteins

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