69 Hesperia

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69 Hesperia (/hɛsˈpɪəriə/ hes-PEER-ee-ə) is a large M-type main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli on April 26 1861 from Milan. It was his only asteroid discovery. Schiaparelli named it Hesperia in honour of Italy (the word is a Greek term for the peninsula).Hesperia was observed by Arecibo radar in February 2010. Radar observations combined with lightcurve-based shape models lead to a diameter estimate of 110 ± 15 km.

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apoapsis (km)

5.193e+11

orbital period (μ)

1.62346e+08

periapsis (km)

3.723e+11

absolute magnitude

7.05

albedo

0.14

discovery date

1861-04-26

discoverer

Giovanni Schiaparelli

epoch

(absent)

rotation period (s)

20358.0