Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 28 May 1868 | Discovery date 28 May 1868 Observation arc 101.25 yr (36980 d) Discovery site Marseille Observatory | |
Alternative names A915 BA; 1935 UC; 1935 YL; 1939 UT; 1948 UE; 1948 WC; 1961 XJ; 1974 VB Aphelion 3.18448 AU (476.391 Gm) Similar 97 Klotho, 61 Danaë, 56 Melete, 62 Erato, 76 Freia | ||
99 Dike (/ˈdaɪkiː/ DY-kee) is a quite large and dark main-belt asteroid. Dike was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on May 28, 1868. It was his first asteroid discovery. It is named after Dike, the Greek goddess of moral justice.
Based upon a light curve that was generated from photometric observations of this asteroid at Pulkovo Observatory, it has a rotation period of 18.127 ± 0.002 hours and varies in brightness by 0.22 ± 0.02 in magnitude. But according to Shrindan E. (2009) the rotation period is of 10.360 ± 0.001 h.
The asteroid is located near the Juno clump of asteroids, but is most likely unrelated.
Phase curve of (99) Dike
References
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