288 Glauke

288 Glauke
Discovery A (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer Robert Luther
Discovery date February 20, 1890
Alternate
designations
1955 MO; 1959 GB; 1961 WF B (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPDes.html)
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C (http://asteroid.lowell.edu/)
Epoch October 22, 2004 (JD 2453300.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.211
Semi-major axis (a) 412.314 Gm (2.756 AU)
Perihelion (q) 325.456 Gm (2.176 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 499.173 Gm (3.337 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1671.295 d (4.58 a)
Mean orbital speed 17.74 km/s
Inclination (i) 4.330°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
120.591°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
83.174°
Mean anomaly (M) 332.837°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 32.2 km
Mass 3.5×1016 kg
Density 2.0 ? g/cm³
Surface gravity 0.0090 m/s²
Escape velocity 0.0170 km/s
Rotation period 50 d 1 (http://www.astrosurf.com/aude-old/map_files/AstVarMAP01-2003.htm)
Spectral class SK
Absolute magnitude 9.84
Albedo 0.1973 2 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata/ALBEDOS/albedos.tab)
Mean surface
temperature
~115 K

288 Glauke is an asteroid discovered by Robert Luther in 1890. It was the last of his asteroid discoveries. It is named after Glauke, a daughter of Creon in Greek mythology.

Glauke has an exceptionally slow rotation period of about 1200 hours (50 days). This makes it the slowest-rotating non-planetary object known in the solar system (both Mercury and Venus rotate more slowly). The rotation is believed to be "tumbling", similar to 4179 Toutatis.

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