Discovered by Johann Palisa Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 2.7792 AU (415.76 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Atropos Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 8 March 1888 Observation arc 105.94 yr (38695 d) Discovered 8 March 1888 Discoverer Johann Palisa Discovery site Vienna Observatory | |
Perihelion 2.01097 AU (300.837 Gm) Similar 193 Ambrosia, 266 Aline, 276 Adelheid, 265 Anna, 242 Kriemhild | ||
273 Atropos is a typical Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on March 8, 1888 in Vienna.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 23.852 ± 0.003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.60 ± 0.03 in magnitude.
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