Discovered by C. H. F. Peters Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 2.4080 AU (360.23 Gm) Orbits Sun Discovery site Litchfield Observatory | Discovery date 25 August 1889 Observation arc 119.35 yr (43594 d) Discovered 25 August 1889 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Perihelion 2.29814 AU (343.797 Gm) Discoverer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters discoveries 167 Urda, 188 Menippe, 264 Libussa | ||
287 Nephthys is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on August 25, 1889 in Clinton, New York and named after Nephthys in Egyptian mythology. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
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