- 35 Leukothea
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name=35 Leukothea
symbol=
discoverer=R. Luther
discovered=April 19 ,1855
alt_names=1948 DC; mp|1950 RS|1; 1976 WH
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31 ,2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=447.224 Gm (2.990 AU)
perihelion=345.074 Gm (2.307 AU)
aphelion=549.374 Gm (3.672 AU)
eccentricity=0.228
period=1887.983 d (5.17 a)
inclination=7.938°
asc_node=353.817°
arg_peri=213.962°
mean_anomaly=77.469°
avg_speed=17.00 km/s
dimensions=103.1 km
mass=~1.1e|18 kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=~0.0288 m/s²
escape_velocity=~0.0545 km/s
rotation=1.3 d (32 h) [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html] Dead link|date=March 2008]
spectral_type=C
abs_magnitude=8.5
albedo=0.066 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata04/simps04/diamalb.tab] Dead link|date=March 2008]
single_temperature=~162 K35 Leukothea (pron-en|ljuːˈkɒθiə respell|lew|KOTH|ee-ə) is a large, dark
main belt asteroid .It was discovered by R. Luther on
April 19 ,1855 and named afterLeukothea , a sea goddess inGreek mythology .References
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