672 Astarte

{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}

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

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet= yes

| background= #D6D6D6

| name= 672 Astarte

| mpc_name= (672) Astarte

| alt_names= 1908 DY

| pronounced={{IPAc-en|ə|'|s|t|ɑr|t|iː}}Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language

| discoverer= August Kopff

| discovered= 21 September 1908

| discovery_site= Heidelberg

| epoch= 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| eccentricity= 0.13538

| semimajor= {{Convert|2.5553|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| perihelion= {{Convert|2.2093|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| aphelion= {{Convert|2.9012|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| period= 4.08 yr (1492.0 d)

| inclination= 11.125°

| asc_node= 343.936°

| arg_peri= 308.810°

| mean_anomaly= 199.236°

| mean_motion= {{Deg2DMS|0.24129|sup=ms}} / day

| orbit_ref= {{Cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=672;cad=1 |title=672 Astarte (1908 DY) |work=JPL Small-Body Database |publisher=NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=5 May 2016}}

| observation_arc= 109.04 yr (39826 d)

| uncertainty= 0

| abs_magnitude= 11.5

| rotation= {{Convert|22.572|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| dimensions = {{Val|28.5|1.3|u=km}}{{Cite arXiv |last1=Choukroun |first1=A. |last2=Marciniak |first2=A. |last3=Ďurech |first3=J. |last4=Perła |first4=J. |last5=Ogłoza |first5=W. |last6=Szakats |first6=R. |last7=Molnar |first7=L. |last8=Pal |first8=A. |last9=Monteiro |first9=F. |title=Asteroid sizes determined with thermophysical model and stellar occultations |date=2025 |class=astro-ph.EP |eprint=2505.09437 }}
{{Val|32.3|1.0|ul=km}}

}}

672 Astarte is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

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