212 Medea
_Medea.png) 3D convex shape model of 212 Medea | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 6 February 1880 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /mɪˈdiːə/ |
Named after | Medea |
| A880 CA, 1930 FW | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 136.05 yr (49694 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4422 AU (514.95 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.78929 AU (417.272 Gm) |
| 3.11575 AU (466.110 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10478 |
| 5.50 yr (2008.8 d) | |
| 28.1280° | |
| 0° 10m 45.156s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.2636° |
| 313.478° | |
| 100.91° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 136.12±2.5 km 144.13 ± 7.23 km (composite estimate) | |
| Mass | (1.29±0.24)×1018 kg |
Mean density | 0.97 g/cm3 |
| 10.283 h (0.4285 d) 10.12 h | |
| 0.0465±0.002 | |
| DCX: | |
| 8.28 | |
212 Medea is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 6, 1880, in Pola, and was named after Medea, a figure in Greek mythology.
Photometric observations of this asteroid in 1987 gave an incomplete lightcurve with a period of 10.12 ± 0.06 hours and a brightness variation of 0.13 in magnitude. This object has a spectrum that matches a DCX: classification. Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory (H09), which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center. They found a period of 10.283 hours with a brightness variation of 0.08 magnitude.
