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587 Hypsipyle

Main-belt asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	587 Hypsipyle
background	#D6D6D6
discovery_ref
discovered	22 February 1906
discoverer	M. F. Wolf
discovery_site	Heidelberg Obs.
mpc_name	(587) Hypsipyle
pronounced
alt_names	1906 TF1931 CH

named_after	Hypsipyle
(Greek mythology)
mp_category	main-belt(inner)
Phocaea
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	111.10 yr (40,578 days)
aphelion	2.7254 AU
perihelion	1.9442 AU
semimajor	2.3348 AU
eccentricity	0.1673
period	3.57 yr (1,303 days)
mean_anomaly	85.891°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	24.993°
asc_node	324.58°
arg_peri	188.53°
dimensions	km
km
km
km
12.99 km (taken)
km
rotation	h
h
h
albedo

spectral_type	S
abs_magnitude	11.1211.912.7012.19

(Greek mythology) Phocaea km km km 12.99 km (taken) km h h

587 Hypsipyle, provisional designation , is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 February 1906, by Germany astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.

The asteroid was named after the Queen Hypsipyle from Greek mythology and is one of the principal members of the Phocaea family.

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References

Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''

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