23 Thalia

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23 Thalia is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15 1852 at the private observatory of W. Bishop located in Hyde Park London England. Bishop named it after Thalia the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry in Greek mythology.It is categorized as an S-type asteroid consisting of mainly of iron- and magnesium-silicates. This the second most common type of asteroid in the main belt.

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apoapsis (km)

4.84663e+11

average speed (km/s)

65232.0

orbital period (μ)

1.34411e+08

periapsis (km)

3.01483e+11

temperature (K)

164.0

absolute magnitude

6.95

albedo

0.2536

apparent magnitude

9.11

discovery date

1852-12-15

discoverer

John Russell Hind

epoch

June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)

escape velocity (kmh)

204.48

former name

1938 CL;

rotation period (s)

44323.2