273 Atropos
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1888 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Atropos |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 415.643 Gm (2.778 AU) |
| Perihelion | 301.085 Gm (2.013 AU) |
| 358.364 Gm (2.396 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.16 |
| 1354.216 d (3.71 a) | |
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Average orbital speed
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19.24 km/s |
| 91.72° | |
| Inclination | 20.44° |
| 159.145° | |
| 120.6° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 29.0 km |
| 23.852[2] h | |
| 10.26 | |
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273 Atropos is a typical Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on March 8, 1888 in Vienna.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 23.852 ± 0.003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.60 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[2]
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