68_Leto

68 Leto

68 Leto

Main-belt asteroid

Leto (minor planet designation: 68 Leto) is a large main belt asteroid that is orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on April 29, 1861, and is named after Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology. It orbits at a distance of 2.78112 AU over 4.64 years and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.187. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 7.97° to the ecliptic.[4]

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Photometric observations of 68 Leto during 1997 provided a rotation period of 14.856 ± 0.024 h.[7] It has an estimated cross-sectional size of 123 km. The spectral type is S, suggesting a stony, silicate composition.

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    Greek Λητῷος – Lētōi-os. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
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    "68 Leto". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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    Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73 (1): 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, S2CID 119226456. See Table 1.
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    López-González, M. J.; Rodríguez, E. (September 2005), "Lightcurves and poles of seven asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 53 (11): 1147–1165, Bibcode:2005P&SS...53.1147L, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2005.04.010


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