Discovered by J. C. Watson Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.3092 AU (495.05 Gm) Discovered 11 November 1877 Discovery site Detroit Observatory | Discovery date 11 November 1877 Observation arc 117.05 yr (42754 d) Perihelion 2.6323 AU (393.79 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
James Craig Watson discoveries 174 Phaedra, 132 Aethra, 161 Athor | ||
179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on November 11, 1877. It was the last of his 22 asteroid discoveries, and was named after Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon in Greek mythology. This is classified as a stony S-type asteroid, based upon its spectrum.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 11.13 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.55 ± 0.02 in magnitude.
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