Kythera

(1905 QX )
#
NOW @ 13 SCO 28
FOUND @ 29 AQU 48
 
Inclination: 1.817
Eccentricity: 0.119
Period: 6.33 years
AU 3.422
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

30.7.1905 00:00 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 0


<< prev in category - Islands - next in category >>

Named for the famous island in the Ionian Sea which contends with Cyprus for the honor of being the island to which Aphrodite {see planet  (1388)} floated when she rose from the foam. Kythera is also a name for Aphrodite. (Z 78) _ _.


Discovered on 30-7-1905 in Heidelberg by Wolf, M. F.

ORBITS | AstDys | Wikipedia | Dictionary | UrbanDictionary | Bartleby | Webster | Name Source |
Categories: Islands,