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173 Ino
Main-belt asteroid
Main-belt asteroid
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| minorplanet | yes |
| name | 173 Ino |
| background | #D6D6D6 |
| image | 173 Ino VLT (2021), deconvolved.pdf |
| discovery_ref | |
| discoverer | A. Borrelly |
| discovery_site | Marseille |
| discovered | 1 August 1877 |
| mpc_name | (173) Ino |
| alt_names | A877 PA; 1922 SB |
| pronounced | |
| adjectives | Inoan ( ) |
| named_after | Ἰνώ *Īnṓ* (Greek mythology) |
| mp_category | main-belt(middle) |
| Ino | |
| orbit_ref | |
| epoch | 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) |
| uncertainty | 0 |
| observation_arc | 138.75 yr (50,678 d) |
| aphelion | 3.3142 AU |
| perihelion | 2.1708 AU |
| semimajor | 2.7425 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2085 |
| period | 4.54 yr (1,659 d) |
| mean_anomaly | 307.27° |
| mean_motion | / day |
| inclination | 14.197° |
| asc_node | 148.18° |
| arg_peri | 228.89° |
| flattening | 0.24 |
| mean_diameter | |
| mass | |
| density | |
| rotation | |
| albedo | 0.061 (calculated) |
| spectral_type | Tholen C |
| SMASS Xk | |
| B–V 0.705 | |
| U–B 0.305 | |
| abs_magnitude | 7.66 |
| 7.99 | |
| 7.90 |
Ino
SMASS Xk B–V 0.705 U–B 0.305 7.99
7.90
173 Ino is a large asteroid and the parent body of the Ino family, located in the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 150 km in diameter. It was discovered on 1 August 1877, by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly at Marseille Observatory in southern France, and named after the queen Ino from Greek mythology. The dark Xk-type asteroid has a rotation period of 6.15 hours.
Orbit and classification
Ino is the parent body and namesake of the Ino family (522), an asteroid family in the intermediate main belt with nearly 500 known members. The adjectival form of the asteroid name is "Inoan".
It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.2–3.3 AU once every 4 years and 6 months (1,659 days; semi-major axis of 2.74 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory in January 1879, five months after its official discovery observation at Marseilles.
Physical characteristics
In the Tholen classification, Ino is a common carbonaceous C-type, while in the SMASS classification it is a Xk-subtype that transitions between the X-type and uncommon K-type asteroids.
Multiple photometric studies of this asteroid were performed between 1978 and 2002. The combined data gave an irregular, asymmetrical light curve with a period of 6.163 ± 0.005 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10–0.15 in magnitude. The asteroid is rotating in a retrograde direction.
Notes
References
References
- Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''
- George Stuart (1882) ''The Eclogues, Georgics, and Moretum of Virgil'', p. 271
- P. Vernazza et al. (2021) VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis. ''Astronomy & Astrophysics'' 54, A56
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