692 Hippodamia
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Discoverydate5 November 1901
(692) Hippodamia
_Hippodamia.png) Lightcurve modelled shape of Hippodamia | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Wolf and A. Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Observatory |
| Discovery date | 5 November 1901 |
| Designations | |
| (692) Hippodamia | |
| Pronunciation | /ˌhɪpədəˈmaɪə/[2] |
Named after | Hippodamia (Greek mythology)[3] |
| 1901 HD · 1941 HK | |
| main-belt (outer) · Cybele family | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 113.83 yr (41575 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.9570 AU (591.96 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8093 AU (420.27 Gm) |
| 3.3832 AU (506.12 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.16962 |
| 6.22 yr (2272.9 d) | |
| 147.27° | |
| 0° 9m 30.204s / day | |
| Inclination | 26.080° |
| 63.487° | |
| 54.267° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.89564 AU (283.584 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.62381 AU (242.919 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 2.966 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 45.90±1.8 km[4] 45.34±0.68 km[5] 44.309±0.609 km[6] |
| 22.95±0.9 km | |
| 8.98 h (0.374 d)[1][7] 8.998±0.007 h[8] 8.99690±0.00005 h[9][10] | |
| 0.1785±0.015[1][4] 0.185±0.006[5] 0.1950±0.0194[6] | |
| B–V = 0.860 U–B = 0.435 Tholen = S S[11] | |
| 9.18[1] | |
692 Hippodamia, provisional designation 1901 HD, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 45 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 November 1901, by the German astronomers Max Wolf and August Kopff at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany.[12] Nine years later, the body was rediscovered by August Kopff at its apparition in 1910.[3]
