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411 Xanthe

{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet = yes

| background = #D6D6D6

| name = 411 Xanthe

| discovery_ref =

| discoverer = Auguste Charlois

| discovery_site = Nice Observatory

| discovered = 7 January 1896

| mpc_name = (411) Xanthe

| named_after = Xanthe
{{small|(Greek mythology)}}

| alt_names = {{mp|1896 CJ}}

| pronounced = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|æ|n|θ|iː}}

| adjective =

| mp_category = main-belt

| orbit_ref =

| epoch = 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)

| uncertainty = 0

| observation_arc = 121.31 yr (44,307 days)

| aphelion = 3.2765 AU

| perihelion = 2.5902 AU

| semimajor = 2.9334 AU

| eccentricity = 0.1170

| period = 5.02 yr (1,835 days)

| mean_anomaly = 248.70°

| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.1962|sup=ms}} / day

| inclination = 15.344°

| asc_node = 107.45°

| arg_peri = 181.53°

| dimensions={{val|76.53|2.3|ul=km}}

| mass=

| density=

| rotation={{Convert|11.344|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| spectral_type=

| abs_magnitude=9.3

| albedo={{val|0.0831|0.005}}

}}

411 Xanthe is an asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 77 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois at Nice Observatory on 7 January 1896. The asteroid was named after Xanthe, an Oceanid or sea nymph, and one of the many Titan daughters of Oceanus and Tethys from Greek mythology.

References

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{{cite web

|type = 2017-04-30 last obs.

|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 411 Xanthe (1896 CJ)

|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2000411

|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory

|access-date = 4 November 2017}}

{{cite book

|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (411) Xanthe

|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.

|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg

|page = 49

|date = 2007

|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3

|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_412 |chapter = (411) Xanthe }}

}}

External links

  • [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/lcdbsummaryquery.php Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)], query form ([http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216050541/http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html |date=16 December 2017 }})
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
  • [http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR] – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
  • [https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)] – Minor Planet Center
  • {{AstDys|411}}
  • {{JPL small body}}

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Category:Named minor planets

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